Winter Blues!

[reptile3]

Sid sorry to hear about your snakie!!

I have a question, do all garters have to brumate?

[drache]

Sid
I'm so sorry for your loss
was she an older snake?

[infernalis]

I have a question, do all garters have to brumate?

Not necessarily Stephanie, we have a few adults with a "history" The fellas shackin' up with my 3 oldest Dekayi ladies have never brumated while in my care.

If you are intending to breed, or if they refuse to eat during the winter, brumation may be required.

If the snake is simply your pet, and it eats all winter long, then brumation is not a requirement at all.

Could actually present an unnecessary risk (in my eyes anyhow) since a few members have lost snakes during brumation.

[Elliot]

I agree with you Wayne, since my snakes are just my pets, I'm not going to even attempt to brumate them. My ribbons did however breed without being brumated.

[infernalis]

I agree with you Wayne, since my snakes are just my pets, I'm not going to even attempt to brumate them. My ribbons did however breed without being brumated.

That happened to me once with a pair of Dekayi snakes, My first ever captive litter, A fast learning experience that changed me forever

[reptile3]

Thank You Wayne... just trying to get all the knowledge I can about these snakies!! yeah mine are just pets... all 900 of them.. ah ha

[salzar]

omg I am to scared to put my snakes in the fridg, they would shurly die, no!!
the 2 little brown snakes I have are not going to hybernate is this okay will they still be fine , nag is eating like a horse and just shed sal is slim as a string bean, but just ate yesterday, James will they be okay if I do not chill them!its not important to me if they breed or not.
lmk
bye
michelle

[adamanteus]

So long as they remain active and continue to eat, they'll be fine.
If they do stop eating, sometimes it's enough just to cool them off a little and keep them in the dark for a couple of weeks... a 'full-blown' brumation shouldn't be necessary.

[infernalis]

Never brumated a Dekayi yet...................

[GartersRock]

You lost 3 to brumation this year Don? The prospect of brumating is really starting to scare me. Is it really that big a risk??