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Turning off heat for the winter?

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vertigofm

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Hi guys,

Last year I initiated hibernation in my snake. Around September I turned off the heat and let the temp slowly drop with the coming months. Eventually all that was heating the cage was the ambient temp, which was around 68. My snake basically curled up and remained inactive in the substrate for a few months. Then I slowly raised the heat in the spring as it got lighter out, and he came out for his first meal and started packing on the lbs again. Is this a good idea- or was I just being foolish and trying to play nature?
 
Many keepers and breeders brumate (the technical term for reptile "hibernation"), but most do it in a much more controlled fashion than you describe. 68* is really not cool enough to attempt brumation. If you can't get the temps down to the low 60s or lower, you shouldn't bother brumating at all. If I had one snake, and I didn't plan on breeding it, I wouldn't bother with brumation. There are risks associated with brumation, particularly when low enough temps aren't acheived.
 
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