I have a few pairs that I want to cool down for breeding next season. I have a few areas in the house that stay around 60, and a room that stays at around 40-45 during the winter. Are either of these temps suitable?
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Corn snake cooling temps
jason
Oct 22, 2010 08:09 AM
Replies (3)
a153fish
Oct 22, 2010 08:15 AM
Either one would work but the colder one is pretty cold and for corns especially, you don't need those drastic temps and you run the risk of temps dropping down even further. If the snake freezes it usually means death. I would go with the 60 degree room.
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tspuckler
Oct 22, 2010 08:39 AM
That's exactly what I was thinking!
Tim
DMong
Oct 22, 2010 10:46 AM
Like Jorge and Tim already mentioned, corns don't need those extreme temps to brumate, and many breed successfully with hardly any cooling. Even certain much cooler montane species only need around 50to 55 degrees for brumation.
Your corns would be FAR better off(and much safer) being brumated in the 60 degree area of your house. The 40's is simply too extreme and is asking for big health problems, and even death.
They only need temps to be cool enough as to conserve their body mass by slowing their metabolism from expending energy, and 60 degrees is plenty good enough. Just make sure they have NOT been fed approx. 10 to 14 days prior to gradually lowering the temperature to ensure there is no food in their gut that will putrify and poison their body.
~Doug
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