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sassysnake

sassysnake

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Ok, I was recomended by those on this site (thank you by the way, VERY helpful!) that I pick up the Corn snake manual by Kathy Love, which I did, right away. Now, I haven't read the whole thing, but i have got through most on the part about breeding, and speciafically just finished the bit about lowering temps during the winter to create a sort of "hibernation period", so that they naturally go into breeding mode in the "spring". Now, as I said, I haven't read the whole book yet, so mabey this is in it, but do you have to do this with ALL snakes? Like, give them a few months of cold temps and no food so that they can rest there bodies, even if you aren't planning to breed? And even if it isn't neccessary, is it better for them? Do you all do it with your corns? I really want to do w/e she needs to prolong her life and keep her a healthy as possible, what is the best way????? :shrugs:
 
No you really don't have to put them in hibernation mode. I know some breeders that never do , and some that do it because they do feel it helps with breeding.

Some breeders put a snake in to hibernation to get the stubborn eaters to eat when they come out.

Its up to you. I have some of my collection of reptiles in hibernation and some that won't know what its like to hibernate. :)
 
I live in Arizona, so sometimes the temps just aren't cold enough to stimulate a brumation period, and if they do get cold, its not for very long. Some breeders notice a drop in their fertility rates and the number of eggs layed, but it doesn't affect my collection much. Snakes will do the nasty anyways, but brumation helps to trick them all into doing it at the same time. Its a simple way to control snakes hormones, since most changes in behavoir are due to a change in the seasons.
 
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I am from the U.K. and breed corns (albinos mainly), and have been doing fot the last 15 years and keeping them for 20 years and have never "hibernated" any of my snake's and they still breed well and are very very healthy snakes.

Albino corn snake site
 
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