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Cazador · 11-18-2006, 11:28 PM

Hi Brittany,
It sounds like your snake is in great shape and just wants to slow down for the winter. I haven't seen studies on this, but I SUSPECT that the greatest killers of captive snakes during brumation are sudden drops in temperature and succombing to parasitism (including running out of energy supplies due to their parasitic load). You could probably throw old age and predation (among wild snakes) in there too, if you want.

If you're not going to breed your snake, just put it down for about a month (maybe six weeks; as long as you can stand ;-). Then warm it back up to its normal temperature over a period of several days to a week. Some people will tell you just to put it back in its cage at room temperature whenever you're ready, and that probably works for a lot of people, too. It's just not what I recommend.

11-18-2006, 11:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cazador Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Alaska, USA Posts: 1,608 Country:	Re: When should I be concerned? Hi Brittany, It sounds like your snake is in great shape and just wants to slow down for the winter. I haven't seen studies on this, but I SUSPECT that the greatest killers of captive snakes during brumation are sudden drops in temperature and succombing to parasitism (including running out of energy supplies due to their parasitic load). You could probably throw old age and predation (among wild snakes) in there too, if you want. If you're not going to breed your snake, just put it down for about a month (maybe six weeks; as long as you can stand ;-). Then warm it back up to its normal temperature over a period of several days to a week. Some people will tell you just to put it back in its cage at room temperature whenever you're ready, and that probably works for a lot of people, too. It's just not what I recommend.