A friend of mine used to work for a pet store.
Sadly, the pet store closed their doors when this whole virus thing started.
They just couldn’t afford to stay open anymore. Most of the pets were sold but there were still several that needed homes. In the end, the employees ended up taking them home. My friend was the one who ended up with most of the reptiles. To be fair, before she started she already had leopard gecko and a tarantula. Now she has 3 frogs, 8 spiders, and 6 lizards. They are all different types but they all have one thing in common: they all like heat. My friend loves all of her pets and has the space for them. She lives in a 3 bedroom house and she gave 2 of the rooms to the pets. She recently told me that she is getting zoned HVAC installed in her house for the pets. I thought this would require that she get a whole new HVAC system but that is not the case. In fact, she is just getting dampers installed in her ductwork. That makes it so that every room in the house can have its own thermostat. Zone control like this is a lot less expensive than getting different HVAC systems in each part of the house is. Additionally, it should save her some money. Just closing off the vents doesn’t do much as far as energy saving goes. However, zoned HVAC does. I am happy for her. Now her and all of her pets will be happy and comfortable.