Posted by:
DonSoderberg
at Sun Dec 24 11:11:34 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DonSoderberg ]
Tom,
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Because I like to have more control over when the snakes are brumated, I artificially cool them. As you know, I used to let Mother Nature do it, but just like South Florida, we seldome get real winter weather down here. It's the fluctuations that are frustrating. One day it's 50F and the next day it's 85F.
Okay, to your Q. I take all my snakes from my brumation building and roll them directly into the snake building. They go from 55F to 81F in just a few hours. I've done this for years and have not had a problem. Like you, I give them one small meal within the first week of brumation emergence. Then, I hit them with normally sized meals until next brumation. The first two or three stools are sometimes scary, but after that, they return to normal.
Don
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