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Did I screw up? (brumation question)

Steve'sMom

Steve'sMom

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I started the process of brumation about a month ago with Steve and Lydia. I have never done it before, but I took everyone's advice. A few weeks before, I started feeding Steve every week (he's so big, he usually only eats every other week) and Lydia twice a week. Then I stopped feeding, but keeping everything else normal (heat and all). After I found poop in the enclosures, and it had been 2 1/2 weeks, I was going to take the heating pads off and start cooling them down....but instead, when I looked under their hides, they were both in blue! So I left the heat on. So now, since I'm waiting for them to shed, they haven't started brumation yet, but they haven't eaten in a month and counting (still don't see shed skins today)... Is this bad?
 
No, it's fine. An adult snake can go for a couple of months and be OK; so amonth is nothing. You're doing everything right so far! Just after they shed, cool them off just as you had planned.
 
If Becky was to cool Steve and Lydia down now with them in blue could that be dangerous? Would they just shed their skins as usual or would the colder "weather" make it more difficult for them to shed?
 
They will shed as usual. As long as their intestinal tracts are cleaned out, you have no worries! :cheers:
 
Thanks for the answers! I worry too mucn :rolleyes: I suppose they just wanted to make the torturous wait for their first babies just a little longer...
 
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