Well, I have two snakes and I haven't seen them out of their 'caves' or out from under their bedding. I've never kept any during the winter. Do snakes hibernate? Do I wake them up to get them to eat?
2006-12-14 08:36:15 · 8 answers · asked by Green Day Fan 1039 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
It depends on the snake. Many snakes that come from colder climates will brumate (a reptilian form of hibernation). Depending on what type of snake you have and how cold their cage is, they might have started brumating. If so, you can leave them like that over the winter. Just make sure they don't get too cold.
If they are brumating, you could bring them out of it by warming up their environment but it will likely cause some stress to the animal by "waking up" too early plust you better make sure that their cage stays warm enough so that they won't go back to brumate.
Although many species will brumate, it's not necessary to get them to do so in a captive environment unless you plan on breeding. In that case, brumation is necessary in order to get them in the mood and also to trigger the female to start producing eggs.
Many people believe pythons or boas will brumate, but they do not and dropping the temperatures too much can kill them. Sometimes they will slow down during the colder months and may refuse to eat, but that is much different than brumation.
2006-12-14 15:50:16 · answer #1 · answered by xyz_gd 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no worries...in the winter time some snakes don't eat as much as they do normally and some don't eat at all... do to the climate change of winter.... they can go for a few months without eating ... winter is when most snakes breed ... and during the breeding season snake wont eat.... don't poke at the snake it will just irritate ur snake and s/he will turn nasty ... just leave him alone... turn the heat up a bit if it's colder keep it in the normal temps tho for ur snake .. use a temp gauge ... if the snake is hungry it will come out to eat ...most of our snakes are on the shutdown period time ... try given him a small meal every 3 day if he doesn't take over night then don't worry ... hope this helps
2006-12-15 00:37:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-18 07:24:52 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snakes do not hibernate because they would starve over the winter.
You should have a thin carbon heater pad under the tank on one half along with a regular day bulb for overhead. One half warm and one half cool so they can regulate their body temperature. Watch for getting a bulb with too high a wattage though (depending on the size of the tank). Make sure to put on a "night light" which should be red or purple.
Take a stick and lighty poke your snakes to get them to come out when you want them to eat.
2006-12-14 09:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by J RO 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Turn up the heater. Some kinds of snakes hibernate, but it is very stressful for their body. Make sure the tank is warm enough and they should come out and eat.
2006-12-14 08:41:07 · answer #5 · answered by Mara 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if the temps are right then dont worry about seeing them snakes hide all the time they are prob out moving around when you are alseep, what kinda snakes are they what temperatures you have for them basking side and cool side
j ro im sure they wont starve over winter, i have had snakes go 5 months without eating
2006-12-14 16:25:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
mine always hide until they are hungry. as long as they are not too cold. if not, don't worry. they will eat when they are ready. mine never eat more them 1 time a mouth during the winter. not sure what you have but,mine are a corn snake (about 5 years) & a ball (about 4 years). hope this hepls some. :)
2006-12-14 08:59:43 · answer #7 · answered by rblankenship_rblankenship 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what kinda snakes u got? i have a redtail boa and a corn and they dont hibernate. so maybe rise the temp a little and yes try and wake them to feed them it shouldnt be a problem they do hibernate in the wild. so just take it easy and slowly work on it
2006-12-14 18:08:36 · answer #8 · answered by andy s 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋