This is my first post on this forum, after being a long term lurker. Finally decided to make an account to ask this question. I ave noticed that many ball python keepers have a separate room, heated and dedicated to the snakes. I myself do happen to have a spare bedroom, and was thinking about turning it into my herp room. My worries were that heating this room to around 80F (or maybe 78?) in order to keep snakes warm enough in their racks. With baseboard heaters (and terrible victorian insulation), keeping the heat on all the time with cold summers (night time temps without heat around 68) and even colder winters (50 ). I will (if I move my snakes and leo into that room) cover the room windows with saran-wrap to keep the cold out and the heat in.

So enough beating around the bush, my question is: how much does heating your herp room add to your heating bill?
What do you use to heat the room?
Do you think it would be worth it to insulate the room better? (don't really want to tear out my drywall but will do if I have too :/)

Anyways, I hope this community has some answers From what I've seen, this is a really nice community.