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Brumating babies yes/no?

k120

k120

what a slave i've become
i know i've heard a million times people recommend agains cooling down babies, but i was curious if it was ok to do so. i don't plan on doing it. i just wanted to know if it could be done without any adverse effects. thank you for your insight on this.
 
k120 said:
i know i've heard a million times people recommend agains cooling down babies, but i was curious if it was ok to do so. i don't plan on doing it. i just wanted to know if it could be done without any adverse effects. thank you for your insight on this.
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If you've heard a million times against it, I'm curious why you would even be thinking about it? Obviously, there must be some adverse reactions if people are recommending against it that many times.

Personally, I've never wanted to not be able to see my guys in their cages. Of course, when it comes time to breed him (I'm still looking for a mate), I'll have to think about that, but until then he's one of the focal points in my living room.
 
We have brumated hatchlings with no ill effects. We used it in one instance to get some hatchlings to feed voluntarily - they have been forcefed and about half of them started to feed after brumation. We have also brumated hatchlings for convenience - they do it in the wild - no reason for them to have any issues - except that they won't grow while they are brumating - so it comes down to a choice of whether you want growth or not during that first year.


mary v.
 
I just did a peek through Kathy Love's book and Cornsnakes in Captivity and they only mention brumating breeders, so can't help.
 
I think probably a large amount of hatchlings die during the winter because they have insuficient mass to make it 3 or 4 months without food or without developing an R.I. I would stick to only brumating mature adults with plenty of weight on them. They don't lose much if brumated properly, but a 14-18 gram hatchling (if that-I've had some as small as 6 grams) would probably die of starvation if it lost 5-10 grams over winter.
 
I've heard of people brumating difficult feeders and sometimes that can "snap" them out of their feeding strike, but other than that there is no reason to brumate the babies. As far as I'm concerned that's 2 months of growth they'd be missing.
 
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