Heating

[ssssnakeluvr]

Hot rocks aren't good...many a lizard has cooked himself on them. Garters are very cold tolerant snakes, room temps will work. If you are going to be breeding, you can heat one end with an undertank heater or if you have a rack, heat tape.

[Boots]

I have had problems myself with heating stones in the past. When they first came out years ago, and I mean years ago, they were not coated and were a breeding ground for little bugs. Once they were infested, they were very hard to clean since you could not bake or boil them. They was/is also the problem of un even heat. Hence the reason why I think under tank heaters are the way to go.

...Garters are very cold tolerant snakes, room temps will work...

In the winter we keep our house at about 16 degree Celsius (60.8 degree Fahrenheit) when we are not home and at night. I would feel guilty if I did not provided at least some type of heat source.

Jason