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It works out well for me. I live in Central FL and have a brick home with stucco that insulates well. I have to watch the heat in the summer, but the garage has a large window and a back door that opens to the yard. I have a big fan I can run if the temps get too hot, but that's rare. In the winter, they hibernate, and the temps rarely get below 50 in the garage, even when the temps fall into the 30's outside. The large window also helps with natural light cycles, too.

Since I have 2 8x4x4 cages, one 6x3 cage and a BTS out there, we don't park in the garage. We are just out of room, haha. So that is one issue that I don't have to deal with.

The only thing I can think of as far as the garage is chemicals and fumes. I get on my husband about storing gasoline too close to the tegus. I don't know if that is a big deal, but the smell bothers me. I lost a gorgeous red male Varnyard red tegu two winters ago and couldn't figure why. Last winter our whole gas unit malfunctioned and we replaced it with electric. I wonder if he had CO poisoning during hibernation. He just passed in his sleep. Otherwise, you have to watch the heat as well as the cold.

<blockquote data-quote="laurarfl" data-source="post: 77096" data-attributes="member: 401"><hr class="bbc-hr bbc-hr--3" />It works out well for me.&nbsp; I live in Central FL and have a brick home with stucco that insulates well.&nbsp; I have to watch the heat in the summer, but the garage has a large window and a back door that opens to the yard.&nbsp; I have a big fan I can run if the temps get too hot, but that's rare.&nbsp; In the winter, they hibernate, and the temps rarely get below 50 in the garage, even when the temps fall into the 30's outside.&nbsp; The large window also helps with natural light cycles, too.Since I have 2 8x4x4 cages, one 6x3 cage and a BTS out there, we don't park in the garage.&nbsp; We are just out of room, haha.&nbsp; So that is one issue that I don't have to deal with.The only thing I can think of as far as the garage is chemicals and fumes.&nbsp; I get on my husband about storing gasoline too close to the tegus.&nbsp; I don't know if that is a big deal, but the smell bothers me.&nbsp; I lost a gorgeous red male Varnyard red tegu two winters ago and couldn't figure why.&nbsp; Last winter our whole gas unit malfunctioned and we replaced it with electric.&nbsp; I wonder if he had CO poisoning during hibernation.&nbsp; He just passed in his sleep.&nbsp; Otherwise, you have to watch the heat as well as the cold.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="laurarfl, post: 77096, member: 401"] [hr] It works out well for me. I live in Central FL and have a brick home with stucco that insulates well. I have to watch the heat in the summer, but the garage has a large window and a back door that opens to the yard. I have a big fan I can run if the temps get too hot, but that's rare. In the winter, they hibernate, and the temps rarely get below 50 in the garage, even when the temps fall into the 30's outside. The large window also helps with natural light cycles, too. Since I have 2 8x4x4 cages, one 6x3 cage and a BTS out there, we don't park in the garage. We are just out of room, haha. So that is one issue that I don't have to deal with. The only thing I can think of as far as the garage is chemicals and fumes. I get on my husband about storing gasoline too close to the tegus. I don't know if that is a big deal, but the smell bothers me. I lost a gorgeous red male Varnyard red tegu two winters ago and couldn't figure why. Last winter our whole gas unit malfunctioned and we replaced it with electric. I wonder if he had CO poisoning during hibernation. He just passed in his sleep. Otherwise, you have to watch the heat as well as the cold.[/hr] [/QUOTE]

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