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Jlassiter
at Tue May 10 22:40:24 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jlassiter ]
>>I am getting a bit concerned about what is going on with my kingsnake. She came in my front door seven years ago. She brumates every winter no matter what. I made the mistake of trying to keep her warm one winter because she still refused to eat and lost a lot of weight. My concern is that every year the brumations last longer. It started out that it started in Sept and went to Feb. Then Sept to March. The Sept to April. Then Aug to April and this year it went from Aug to May. Once she gets going she eats like a pig. But dog gone it, going 9 months without eating may save me money on food but I am really getting desperate for her. I'm almost tempted to let her go because it's getting difficult to watch. And, no, she's not sick. What would ya'll do?
To answer that question I think we need to have an idea of your husbandry and set up.....
You say you tried to keep her warm one winter.....Did you do this by warming her entire enclosure or providing an isolated hot spot?
What temperature gradient do you provide......at what time of year?......Is there a Humidity gradient provided?
If she's in an aquarium.....do you have a deep substrate and or tight hides? Is she out of high traffic areas?
Seven years ago when you got her what size/age was she?
To be honest....I have never HAD a snake go into brumation on its own....
Even all the mountain kings that I've kept in the past and now keep will feed through the Winter if they are not breeding the next Spring. None of the getula I've kept have ever "gone off feed" unless they were ill......
But each snake is individually different from one another.......Yours may just be "different."
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...
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RE: Any suggestions to my concern? - Jlassiter, Tue May 10 22:40:24 2011