First I have a feeling, that some very longterm captive species, do seem to be less ridgit then snakes new to captivity. But they still have all the exact same behaviors.



You fellas stated that your pyros(some) have stopped feeding. A first sign of fall and winter was the logical indication. That is of no real interest, except why pyros first? If some had greeri, they would be saying the same things.



Your pyros, are indeed acting exactly like natural ones, as they sense the temps dropping at the place they are in, they move to more suitable place/s. Only yours cannot do that, so they go dormant. Pyros and greeri are sensitive to this because of their habitat. High elevation is quick to change weather. So they move at the very first signs. Low elevation snakes, just duck for a few days when a cold front hits.



So my point was, your snakes are acting very normally, and in fact just like wild ones. You do understand, wild ones will run out of warmer places to go to and have to go dormant too. Or not. depending on local.



As the fella in Fla. said, sometimes they feed all winter, sometimes they don't. All else equal(healthy snakes) stop feeding when they have no need to feed, but, but, but, they don't stop behaving.



If you modified your conditions to meet the seasons, your pyros, would act differently and not stop feeding or stop behaving. While this may not be necessary or helpful in breeding reptiles, it may be helpful in understanding them. It may also bring joy in keeping, which keeps us interested.



And lastly, you were defensive. Just go back and look at your post. Short blunt and avoiding the subject, then turning it on me, like its my fault. I wonder if snakes do that. You see, thats normal human behavior. If you were not being defensive, you could have said, FR, what the heck are you talking about, and we could have gone on with some sort of conversation. That conversation may or may not have helped you understand snakes, but that doesn't matter, its all about the conversation. A question, how many good conversations occur here? FR

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