FINAL burmation question

[Lori P]

With his large donkey!!!!!!!!!!!

[Lulu Bennett]

hi guys,
i thought i would stick to this thread instead of start another but what are the day and night temps needed for burmation? i dont remember coming across this Q before.
i want to put my marcys in the garage but have found it to be about 55f in the day and 50 at night. i wasn't sure if this is low enough.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

well i searched them and their locales seem to be hot places so i guess that would be ok

hi guys,
i thought i would stick to this thread instead of start another but what are the day and night temps needed for burmation? i dont remember coming across this Q before.
i want to put my marcys in the garage but have found it to be about 55f in the day and 50 at night. i wasn't sure if this is low enough.

[enigma200316]

hi guys,
i thought i would stick to this thread instead of start another but what are the day and night temps needed for burmation? i dont remember coming across this Q before.
i want to put my marcys in the garage but have found it to be about 55f in the day and 50 at night. i wasn't sure if this is low enough.

I can't remember where but I seen that 50-55 is an ok temp to brumate at............

[Lulu Bennett]

ok thanks a million guys, i can start cooling them now then lol

[adamanteus]

Some of mine are down for brumation already (concinnus, melanistic sirtalis). The rest will go down over the next two weeks. I won't brumate my marcianus as they've been mating, and I feel my pickeringii aren't strong enough, so I'll keep them warm right through the winter this year.

[Lulu Bennett]

my marcys have just about reached 3 weeks without food so should be poo free lol going to start shortening the daylight over the next week and put them in the garage under a sheet so it is dark.
how does this sound?

[adamanteus]

Sounds good. Keep a check on the garage temperature though, as we get deeper into the winter. Don't want to freeze!

[Cazador]

hi guys,
What are the day and night temps needed for burmation?
I want to put my marcys in the garage but have found it to be about 55f in the day and 50 at night. i wasn't sure if this is low enough.

Lulu,

There are a couple schools of thought for the right temp for brumation, and neither are "wrong." I've used 55F before, but I've had better luck with breeding (i.e. longer courtship when breeding doesn't occur right away) by using cooler temps (around 40F). I just leave them at 40F and do not alter the temperature for day/night. Cooler temperatures also cause them to use less energy, which leaves more for reproduction. I also use a long brumation (about 4 months), but others have success with shorter periods (at least 6 weeks). Anything within these windows will surely work for you. If you choose warmer temperatures (~55F), then don't brumate them for as long (less than 4 months). The main thing is not to expose brumating snakes to sudden temperature changes... particularily sudden drops in temp because it can be lethal.

Rick

[Lulu Bennett]

james, i have realised that the night i checked the temps was the night it was -4c so that is the coldest it has been but i will check on the temp every day and also check on them every week.
it seems at the moment i cant get it loweras its nature lol but it will get lower.
as long as i know 55 is low enough to lower the metabolism(sp?) so they dont get skinny.
OMG i am soooo worried with this being my first lol