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I have this wonderful female zonata, when I brought her home she would eat f/t hoppers for several weeks. She stopped eating for a long time so I tried anything to get her eat, lizards, lizard scented mice, small snakes etc.

She got zonata disease, recovered and ate a couple pinkies every other week. I read about how brumation might reset her appetite so I put her in the wine fridge with all the other wintering snakes.

Do you think this plan will work out??? Have any of you had similar difficulties with WC zonata multicinta?

I'll post a good pic if I get a good response =)
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6.7 pituophis c. annectans
1.1 senticolis t. intermedia
1.1 rhinechis scalaris
1.2 lampropeltis m. thayeri
2.1 pantherophis g. guttatus
1.1 lampropeltis t. campbelli

1.1 turbo corns
1.1 jungle corns
1.1 thayeri hybrids (het albino)

>>She got zonata disease, recovered and ate a couple pinkies every other week.

Explain this........

She definitely HAD zonata disease and now shows no signs at all?
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

Mhm, it was determined to be z disease by those in the know here on the forum. HORRIBLE shed, latter half of her was limp and extremely weak.

I thought she was going to die, she pulled through.

This was her last year looking like [bleep]:

This is her tonight, she struck at the movement, a first for her since I've had her :?

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6.7 pituophis c. annectans
1.1 senticolis t. intermedia
1.1 rhinechis scalaris
1.2 lampropeltis m. thayeri
2.1 pantherophis g. guttatus
1.1 lampropeltis t. campbelli

1.1 turbo corns
1.1 jungle corns
1.1 thayeri hybrids (het albino)

That was probably not zonata desease.

probably poor husbandry -.

Did you provide a moisr hide since then?
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www.Bluerosy.com

Yes of course I did. The limp latter half of the body was what people said sounded like zonata disease.

Any way should a good cooling period reset her appetite?
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6.7 pituophis c. annectans
1.1 senticolis t. intermedia
1.1 rhinechis scalaris
1.2 lampropeltis m. thayeri
2.1 pantherophis g. guttatus
1.1 lampropeltis t. campbelli

1.1 turbo corns
1.1 jungle corns
1.1 thayeri hybrids (het albino)

Colubrids and especially zonata and especially w/c zonata will shut down for the winter. So yes, definetly cool her.

Otherise she will continue to use up calories if you keep her warm. Try and get her as cold as possible.

Also i did not remember you earlier post. I just looked at the snake and assumed it was dry from husbandry. She looks great now but get her cold until the latter part of May. That is when most seirra miulticincta start resurfacing in nature. But some years it is early and some later.So-..

..If you live in calif i would check temps in the 2000 ft level in the seirras because w/c snakes seem to be in tune what is going on outside. When the temps hit in the low 60's and not lower than 40-45 for night time temps. Then warm her and feed her.
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