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Problem with Brumation

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Lucas

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I have put both my male and female corns down for brumation. The area that they are in is around 40-55 degrees. They have been there for about a week and a half, but they are still awake and will turn towards me when I check on them. Is this a problem?
 
It's perfectly normal.

Brumation is not hibernation, they do not go to sleep. Thier bodily functions just slow way down, they don't use up thier resources that way.
 
Just make sure that the temp doesn't get close to freezing, they will not survive. I don't know what the minimum is but I'd keep it well above 40. I make sure mine don't drop below 50.
 
The Corn Snake Manual recommends 45-65 degrees fahrenheit, with occasional lows dropping into the upper 30's. My stay in the general range of 48-58 for 10 weeks.

Mike
 
Ok, silly question....where do you all put your snakes to get a temp like this?
Just curious, as I'm starting to be interested in breeding. I've had my face plastered to the corn snake manual all night, but couldn't find any reference, outside of placing them outdoors, for where to put snakes during brumation. It gets far too cold in Kentucky to place them outdoors.
Hubby was thinking a small refrigerator, but I'm not certain if you can keep temps that high in a frig. Obviously, I'm new to this! LOL!
 
I have a room that stays cold all winter. The heat vent is the furthest one away from my heater, the room has 2 outside walls, and the heat vent is located in a closet. I keep the closet closed, and the door to the room closed. I have another closet that is on an outside wall where I keep the brumating snakes. The temp will generally stay in the low 50's as long as it's cold enough outside. Last week my temps went to the upper 60's with the warm weather we had, but it looks as if the cold is here to stay now. My wife gets upset because we can't "use the room" as it is too cold for her. Perfect for brumating snakes though :).

Mike
 
That's probably a little on the warm side but shouldn't be a problem. The biggest downfall at those temps would be that your snake might lose a bit more weight. If it is healthy going into brumation, and it's weight is good, it shouldn't be much of a problem. The main thing is to make the snakes aware that it is noticably colder than normal.

Mike
 
Do snakes necessarily have to be brumated during winter, could they be artificially tricked into brumated during say July? Not sure if changing the photoperiods and dropped the temp would cause this at any time or if the phases of the moon, etc would give the snake clues that he/she should not be brumating at that point in time. Purely academic question, just curious.
 
Yes they can be brumated out of the normal season.

There are folks around that already have eggs. (In comparison, mine didn't start laying until June this past year.)
 
i think when my snakes are mature enough, i'll brumate in the summer. it'll be easier for me to maintain the proper temps in the summertime with having the a/c going.
 
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