My cal king went into brumation on her own back in November. I shut off all her heat and lights and kept a water dish full. She is in a 20 long and has not come up from under the substrate. When she comes out would I be able to bred her even though I didn't properly cool her? the temps in her cage have been around 60 all winter? Thaks
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self induced brumation
rickc
Mar 05, 2008 01:12 PM
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Nokturnel Tom
Mar 05, 2008 01:47 PM
My vote says yes, it will probably want to breed and should be perfectly capable of producing offspring.
Tom Stevens
ps I think most snakes do "self induce brumation". We keepers just adjust conditions to help them along with the process
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DMong
Mar 05, 2008 04:10 PM
I agree with Tom, it "should" be able to breed just fine,......whether or not she actually DOES is a different story though.
Do the snake a big favor, and warm it up fairly slowly over a several day period, then you can begin feeding her to bulk up a bit.
best regards, ~Doug
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