I have no idea what they write what they do. Consider, 9/10s of the worlds snake species live where there is no to little winter. By far the majority of species occur between the tropic a cancer and the tropic of capricorn.

Including many many of the kingsnake species that people think they brumate.

Personally, I produced many of the morphs on this forum and did so without hibernation.

As I mentioned, if you supply a range of temps, the snakes will do the rest.

I also do field work with snakes, some individuals feed all winter, some only feed for two months a year. They feed when they need to. Many of the snakes we work with, crawl around at temps from the low 40's on up. So temps of 55F are middle of the road, its not brumating.

You have folks on this forum that do both, like, Bluerosy, his snakes feed all year. And J Kruse who brumates his animals, Both do a great job.

The point is, you asked how to deal with a certain situation. And I offered you solutions you can choose from. Good luck

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