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I'm in central jersey. It is the 24th of december and I could be outside comfortably in a teeshirt. Last night, worms covered my driveway. A week ago, a tailless salamander walked across my front porch. Two days ago, my good friend saw a snake when he was walking his dog. A year ago, it had snowed before this date.

So the question here is: I began hibernating my snakes in october (it was getting quite cold) to get a slightly early start and really slowly bring them into it. With the recent warm weather (it has hit 60 in the past two weeks), I have seen my snakes a few times, roaming their tanks, after having not seen some of them for over a month. They haven't eaten since october, and I am worried they are breaking hibernation. Should I feed them once or twice intermittenly until the cold returns and let them naturally go back into hibernation? I'm not positive of the best course of action, but I know I don't want my snakes losing too much weight (especially one that had refused its last meal). What should I do?

-Sean

What should I do after I spell hibernate correctly?
-Sean

I live in Charlotte, NC and last year I had a hard time keeping the temp below 70 for a prolonged period of time when I hibernated my milks. We had near record highs most of January last year. The temp in my snake hibernation room routinely fluctuated between the high 60s and low 70s. While not ideal, it worked.

My advice to you would be to continue on with the hibernation. As long as they stay in a dark room for a few months with temps below normal "active period" temps, you will be fine.

(I am assuming you are talking about milks)

Dave

DNS Reptiles

I am dealing with the same thing here in NY.. I need to get my mine down into the low 50's & it's about 60 outside!

Just leave them alone! Put them in the coldest part of your house/basement and it will be cold enough in a week or so.

~ Mike Russo

I'm worried about how long I can have them hibernate if the cold winter comes very late and I am unable to raise the temps. What the longest you've hibernated your hondurans? I'll keep the temps down and cages blacked out (I'll probably use construction paper to make it pitch black).
-Sean