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    winter to my snakes

    This is my very Spartan set up to brumate my snakes:

    all snakes are off feed for more than two weeks
    tomorrow they´ll have to move
    Allready waiting for the sommer
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    Re: winter to my snakes

    why do people do this and is it basically letting them hibernate?

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    Re: winter to my snakes

    brumating is to set the biological clock back to start and will support the production of sperm to the males.
    This is my refrigerator for brumating, the "in" temperature is in the room, "out" is within and will go down to 10°C (50°F) during the next weeks.
    Allready waiting for the sommer
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    Re: winter to my snakes

    Very nice frig for brumation!

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    Re: winter to my snakes

    before my snakes go down to the cellar each has to be weighted on the scales

    Allready waiting for the sommer
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    Re: winter to my snakes

    man thats hardcore,,lol,,putting them in a refridge,,lol,,, u must breed the snakes i take it

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    Re: winter to my snakes

    Very nice! I planned on weighing the snakes this year as well. Could you post snake weight and age around here (or drop me an PM...) I'm always interested in those kind of things!

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    Re: winter to my snakes

    I have brought my snakes into cellar on saturday. So i am sitting in my room don´t know what to look at. Ok there is my university stuff, but...
    It is the first time i burmate my snakes and it is quite exciting for me.

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    Re: winter to my snakes

    this will be my first year burmating my snakes so i am a bit worried. i dont have scales to weigh them, does that matter? i am guessing it is just to make sure they are not loosing to much weight? i will be putting mine in my garrage i just need to check the temp in there just so i know it will be ok. is it 50f it needs to be? is that all the time or is there a diff temp day and night? if so then what is it? lol thanks xxxx

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    Re: winter to my snakes

    weighing is just something I do for 'fun'. Never done it before, and all my snakes survived brumation so far!

    I keep them at 'outdoor' temps. Slightly colder at night then during the day.
    But I never let them freeze! Usually around 7 to 10 celcius. At night aroud 4 tot 5...

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