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Hi there!

For a few days I put my 1 year old tetrataenia in the fridge. The temperature there is now about 9 ° C (~48 ° F). Next week I will lower the temperature to about 6 - 7 ° C (~43 ° F). For me it's the best possible practice because the temperature in the cellar isn't constant.

More than 1 month before I stoped to feed her. After I was sure that the bowel is blank, I started to lower the temperature by dimming the light every day. After a good week dimming the light down I switched the light completely out and put her in a box. After 3 days without light in the box by about 15 - 17 ° C (~60 ° F) I put her in the fridge.

The fridge is just for the snakes and their food. So the snake will not be disturbed to much. Every week I gonna change the water in her box. The box is filled with a lot of substrate and some moistened kitchen roll to provide enough humidity.

This is the first year I do that like this. In about 2 months we will know more about this way of hibernating snakes. I know from other snake owner with good experiences with this kind of hibernation.

Greets from the cold switzerland,
Cyrill