Hey guys,

Thanks for all your replies!



I have spoken to the breeder, who bred most of my snakes (Xi'an, Altai's) and he informed me that the weightloss and -gain is the result of the water they drink during brumation! He gave me the advice to place the snakes that lost weight in their waterbowl to induce them to drink and weight them after that.



For the altai animals that lost the most weight I am stopping the brumation and will start them to heat up (slowly).



As for all the other animals (including the neonates), will stay in brumation, the weather forecast for this week and next week are good (for the snakes, not for us).



I will keep you guys informed!

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• Maximum weight loss during hibernation - viperhare, Sun Dec 6 08:23:31 2009
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