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Should feeding change during the winter?

Brandon29

Brandon29

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I did a quick search for this, but didnt find exactly what I needed :)
We have a male corn, little over 2 years old and we're following the munson feeding plan. I live near Ottawa, Ontario and have our regular 5 or 6 months of cold crap weather. Should I adjust our feeding schedule for the winter months? We usually feed weekly on Sundays and havent had any problems, but dont want to overfeed when he's obviously slowed down. Thoughts?
Thanks!!
 
I wouldn't really change. Some folks who breed do brumate their snakes. Which is a form of hibernation, so they stop feeding them. This help with cycle of breeding. But some snakes go in to a mode by themselfs.

Has the snake gets older you can stretch that out to ever two weeks to feed.
 
Feeding regimes can be tweaked to fit the individual snake - what's a maintenance diet for one, might cause another to put on flab and another to lose weight.

However, it's not necessary to specifically change the feeding schedule over the winter unless you plan to brumate them. Many people don't brumate (myself included) and it doesn't affect the wellbeing of the snake.

Having said that, if you have a Corn that's a bit overweight and you need them to slim down, I guess winter would be the most natural time to reduce feeding.
 
Thanks for the replies! I have noticed he slowed down noticeably more this winter and is getting a bit bigger. I wouldn't say fat, haha, but just wanted to make sure in general, their metabolism wasn't slowing down enough to adjust the feeding.
 
In general it wouldn't, but if you feel that your fella is putting on flab rather than toned muscle, then he might warrant a reduction for a few months.

It's scarily easy to get fat onto them, and a bit of a nightmare to get it off them!
 
I live in MN and the best place for me is to keep the snake in my basement. It is winter now and although i have a UTH that keeps a moss box at 80 and a cardboard box at about 80 or a little less. The ambient air temp is around 60. My snake has been out and about in the 60 degree temp off and on. I am now offering a small adult rat once every two weeks. It has been two months since the last feed. January. before that the last feed was two adult mice in early November. The snake is active and has lost weight but doesnt seem to be to thin. snsake is 3.5 years old
 
I had an adult male corn go off feed during the late spring last year. The only known cause would have been an interest in the ladies. But, in this case, I did not change the feeding schedule, he did :D
 
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