>>There are some breeders here in Cleveland who do not cool their Hondurans at all and feed them throughout the winter - they have good breeding success.

>>Tim



Hi Tim,



That (no cooldown) is not conventional wisdom, and it's always neat to learn new things about herpetoculture. So it would be of real value if someone gathered facts about that practice: How many do it? What are the actual temps? Is light periodicity changed? (even just from being kept in rooms with windows, where seasonal change means shortened daylight?) What are actual feeding schedules, and do they differ from summer season feeding?



I've talked to a number of people who say they don't brumate. But when pressed, they'll concede yeah, they keep their house at 78 in the summer but 68 in the winter, and yeah, there are windows in the snake room, and yeah, the snakes did seem to eat less frequently in the winter months. All of those are conditions of brumation.



On the other hand, maybe hondurans CAN be kept all winter at 78 or 82 and on 15-hour light cycles and aggressive feeding regimens, and still breed. If that's the case, it needs to be documented and authenticated and incorporated into general husbandry knowledge for the subspecies.



(Tim, you know i trust the info you're passing on, i'm just saying those who are telling you those anecdotal accounts need to be grilled to make sure their stories aren't like many other "snake stories". Or maybe you have confirmed all that.)



peace

terry

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