I wonder if neonates that are born are just desigened to go until spring because they have enough to keep them through winter.

I think this is the case. Finding a first lizard meal may not be that easy in the high elevations, when all the reptiles go to ground with dropping temperatures. So these snakes have evolved to survive until spring, when things warm up again and the prey is also awake.



I have lots of captive lizards and keep them out in my green house. When it is cold they go bury themselves in the ground. This would make it pretty hard for a snake to find one. Also I have been offering my baby pyros lizards, but they have all also eaten live pinks and when the seasons changed so did they, resulting in no more feeding of any sort. All my pyros are now in brumation except for a few yearling females who still want an occasional meal.



The specific local of the pyros may matter, too. Mine are mostly Chiricahua.
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Bob

Pyromaniac AKA Greatballzofire

Keeping cats allows man to cohabitate with tigers. Keeping reptiles allows man to cohabitate with dinosaurs.

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