end of the hibernation

[Markus18]

hello and happy new year to all of you!
today was the ending of the hibernation of my "florida blues´s"
they were hibernating for two months.that was my first hibernating and the snakes are ok!they have the same weight like before there hibernating started.i brought them bach in their compleatly cleaned terrarium and theyre started to crawl.i was sitting for one hour at the terrarium.then they were laying under the sunspot!im very happy that my snakes back and that ican say everthing is ok with them!greets
Markus19

[Snaky]

Always nice if they're ok. Did you raise the temperature gradually? I think that very big temperature changes are not that good... well, I try to make them as small as possible.

[Markus18]

today i make the lights on fot two hours!tomorow for 4 hours!but im not sure maybe it wouldt be better when i make it tommorow for 3 hours and friday for 4 hours!????what you say?

[abcat1993]

I don't know where to put this in but I read in a book on north american reptiles & amphibians that garter snakes can live with thier blood around 40% frozen. Also, in a test, half of the garters lived when they lowered the temp to around -50 degrees farenheit. I am not sure about the exact nubers but it was amazing either way.

[Markus18]

i read in a magazin that some garter snakes hibernate in water!thats really amazing!next time i take a look in the mag and then i post the whole text about it!and there is also a text about the post above me!

[abcat1993]

That's weird. What type were they and where?

[Snaky]

I just don't take the risk. It doesn't mean that if some garters survived that, that I should do the same I measure around abit and try to put them so the temperature gradually increases. After that I put them back in the terrarrium I gradually increase the light cycle, because it's already quite warm under the lights ( >20°C in my case).

[Markus18]

now i have a question!
my florida blues have the same parents!and now i dont want that they have sex because i dont want inzestsnakes!should i let them do it or not?when they do it and get babys i give them to the reptileshop.and then somebody buy 2 of them and let them have sex and then he give them to the the reptileshop!maybe then im the reason why sometimes nobody have florida blues in my city!and the man from the told me that he doesnt know much people that have gartersnakes!so the people buy all the time inzestsnakes!thats a little bit crazy but i think about it all the time!and its a bad feeling for me thats i have maybe snakes with no good blood?so what should i do?

[Markus18]

jap snaky! i keep the light day by day one hour longer on!

[abcat1993]

I was just saying how resilient they are. And I think we're talking different units of degrees. I meant fahrenheit not celcius.