I regularily hibernate my molossus at abourt 50F, sometimes the room temps at their level even drops to 45 and I have never had any problems and my two oldest are 34 and 22 years. Make sure to keep them at regular temps for about a month and a half with no food in order to clear their digestive systems before hibernation. Some will tell you that two weeks is enough, but it is not for crotes. Even at one month I have had snakes leave really bad smelly fecals during hibernation indicating that the food was going bad in the gut. I stop feeding in mid Oct. At the beginning of December I turn the heat off. My room ranges from 40 F. at floor level to 55 at five feet above. I keep various species to take advantage of air stratification, cooler temp species on the floor level, hot species higher. I turn the heat back on at the beginnof to mid April depending on what is happening in the outside world. I turn the temps on and off suddenly. Some people try to do it gradually but this can cause respitory problems. I let everything bask for at least a month before offering food.

Rich

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