Total newbie - lots of questions

[Theflyingyogi]

Hey guys! So I appreciate everyone's input! What I meant by a pet rock is literally such, that the animal doesn't move; or that I don't see it move.

Like my leopard gecko for instance. I NEVER see her out. I know she's alive because she will move from one hide to the next and I have to replace food. But I never see her out and about.

So that was the pet rot comment - I would have been upset if I spent almost 700 on a snake that I never see out. I get home in the afternoon, and go to bed relatively late. So it would be nice to see it coming out and checking things out before bed.

My concern is the tempts in my apt. During the day I leave the air "on" at 80, but at night I drop the air down to 70 and I know they need ambient temps of 80 on the cool side. I'd have to get a ceramic heat emitter for the night tempts correct?