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Hognose snake hibernation
Am I imagining things or did there used to be a forum for hognose snakes here? What happened to it??
Anyway, I bought an adult male western hognose at the end of September. It has not eaten yet, I have been offering a frozen/thawed fuzzie once a week. The snake is quite active in its cage, burrowing and basking, and pushes the fuzzie around but does not eat it. I have tried putting it in a seperate container with the mouse but it still showed no interest.
I seem to remember reading a stickied thread in the dissapearing rear-fanged forum that said to hibernate hognose snakes if they go off feed in the fall. But the snakes activity level has me confused, would it not be less active if it wanted to hibernate?
The other problem is there is nowhere in my house that gets to the appropriate hibernation temperatures. Nowhere inside my house falls below 70c even at night. The only areas are the garage and cold cellar, which will get much too cold during the winter. The refridgerator gets too cold too, although keeping a snake in the fridge isn't really an option anyway since it'd freak out my family.
I have also tried braining the fuzzie, to no avail. I was told at the time of purchase that it readily ate frozen/thawed food with no braining or scenting neccessary. I'm not sure if I should just be patient and keep offering food or hibernate it, and if I do how will I keep temperatures cool enough but not too cold?
Thanks, hope someone can help
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