I remember reading a post a while back about our garters being sensitive to things like barometric pressure change when a weather front was moving through. In the wild, they'd get rained on, etc. I was thinking, does it affect them in anyway that they experience all the atmospheric changes, but never get the rain?

What are your thoughts on this? So long as one is willing to do the maintenance so that they don't get rot from being too wet, do you think it would be beneficial to try to give them some "rain" when it's raining? Dim the lights some when it's cloudy and grey? We already mimic some weather conditions for brumation, would it be beneficial to take it those steps further?

I know that many people keep garters just fine without doing this. I am by no means thinking I'd be a bad mommy if I don't, nor am I implying anyone else is a bad Scale-Parent for not. Just one of those things that flashed through my twisted little mind.

And I'm Twisted because, oh, yeah, great Stephi, add one more thing to my giant "To Do" list- add number

359. Emulate natural weather conditions in the garter enclosure daily.

I know I probably anthropomorphize animals WAY too much. That being said, I know I go CRAZY after too many days in a row of the same weather. Too much sun, too much rain, too much wind, anything without variety drives me nuts. So I wonder if it affects our snakes, too.