Maybe I've not mentioned before - thought I have - I don't breed and brumate like the rest of you diehards. This is based on what we do at the park. We/I let the length of days dictate to the snakes and allow them to slow down. But brumate, in the strictest sense of the word, nope. Don't do, not gonna do. We gradually taper off feeding as the snake(s) dictate and allow three, or four weeks before offering food again. But over all continue to offer food in increasingly longer periods until it's about once a month, once every 1.5 months. And then begin picking up - decrease the length of times between feedings - in Feb, March, April. Depending upon the wants of the snake. Neither I or the park have the means to lower temperatures to a set 65 or so and keep it there. We've a wood fire stove at the park we use to have the furnace run less often, and my place is so old all the hot air from below comes up here and to stay comfortable I keep windows open all year 'round. Even with it's like 20 or even zero.

So we do the best we can and let the snakes dictate to us.