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01-18-11, 12:51 PM
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Lost one brumating (hibernation)
I just brought up the three snakes I had down in my cellar chilling.
One little milk snake did not survive it.
The hard part is that species is usually born very late in the year and will not even take the first meal until they have a "chill cycle"
Hopefully the other milk will eat for me once it warms up.
The Dekayi snake is still plump and round, she will probably eat for me today as well.
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01-18-11, 12:54 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
Sorry to hear that mate, hope the other eat ok for you
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01-18-11, 01:20 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
Cheers Rob.
I hope so too. The milk snakes have a back story - The original owner went to prison and I wound up with his milk snakes.
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01-19-11, 02:47 AM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
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Cheers Rob.
I hope so too. The milk snakes have a back story - The original owner went to prison and I wound up with his milk snakes.
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intense backstory. sorry for the loss
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01-18-11, 01:35 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
Very sorry you lost one. Is there a way to keep them from Burmating? I mean until I came here I never heard of any snake doing that. We kept non-exotic species at our zoo in Mississippi and none of the snakes I ever worked with (basically cleaning enclosures) ever went into any sort of hibernation.
Is there some benefit to letting them hibernate?
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01-18-11, 01:45 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
Sorry to hear that Wayne. I wish you the best of luck with the others.
@Neena: it is natural for some snakes to brumate, and as Wayne mentioned, some snakes will refuse to feed if they are not given the opportunity to brumate.
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01-18-11, 01:46 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
Interesting. Seems like a common thing and I have never heard of it before.
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01-18-11, 02:02 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
These little milks seldom eat the first meal without it.
I was desperate to make them eat..
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01-18-11, 02:08 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
Well please let us (or me) know if they eat! Sounds like a precarious time in their lives.
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03-18-11, 07:58 AM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
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Well please let us (or me) know if they eat! Sounds like a precarious time in their lives.
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The baby milk snake perished.
However on a much brighter note, The Dekayi has turned into an eating machine, That little girl has been eating every day now for the last two weeks.
She amazes me, The kids found her out back in October, She has refused food for nearly six months, Then suddenly one night she grabbed the worm right off the tongs and has been chowing like a fool ever since.
For safety I cut the night crawler into thirds. She's not really much bigger than a jumbo night crawler herself, and I'm afraid that trying to ingest prey that big would be harmful.
In nature they prefer slugs but will commonly eat smaller worms, unfortunately in the winter the only two worms available for purchase are night crawlers and red wigglers, Red wigglers contain toxins that are harmful/fatal to snakes, so obviously I would never feed them to any of my herps.
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01-18-11, 04:28 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
I will.
The Dekayi snake was one the kids brought in from out back just as the weather turned. She refused all sorts of slugs and worms, so I chilled her too.
If she still does not eat, I'm putting her back in the cellar until spring and returning her to the wild.
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01-19-11, 08:46 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
Sorry about your loss, Wayne. This is why I'm a little paranoid about brumation and have never done it with any of my snake. However, none of my snakes are breeders and I have never had any feeding issues or snakes voluntarily going into brumation. Best wishes getting the others to eat.
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01-19-11, 11:35 PM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
Well the little guy let his pinkie rot.....
Try again soon.
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01-20-11, 12:21 AM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
good luck i hope for the best. will you be keeping the Dekayi? or just release it in the spring even if it eats?
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01-20-11, 01:57 AM
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Re: Lost one brumating (hibernation)
It's been a little while since Xena died, So the Dekayi will stay if she eats.
They make awesome little pet snakes.
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