Well Don, those two radix hets didn't go off food but I read that you have the others brumating. These two are in with a few concinnus babies and they're growing fast and of course, they have that garbage gut feeding habits just like I have come to expect from a radix. They never skip a meal. Amy doesn't either. He's been eating and growing ever since you sent him a year ago.

And I don't think it's only about the heat. Garters are way more sensitive to changes in day length and light intensity than most people give them credit for. Even with the heat, short dim days will make some go off of food. After all, reptiles and birds are very similar. All it takes to get a male wild bird to change over to breeding color and habits is an increase in day length and sun intensity. That's it. I'm sure garters have similar mechanisms built into their DNA.

Many people say I'm full of it and the light doesn't matter. Bull pucky. I've seen the difference a lousy 15 watt full spectrum florescent can make in their attitude and feeding habits, independent of temperature.