getting ready for the big sleep

[bighillreptiles]

Well getting ready for the bigg sleep around here first batch going down stairs tomorow will post pic of them again in the spring again in the spring ,a much neaded rest lol

[Tim_Cranwill]

It's nice to take a break once in a while!

[ssscales]

How long do you keep them in the BIG SLEEP?

[bighillreptiles]

if everything goes well 90 days to 110 depends on how they do if i note any problems then i bring them up from the big sleep. Ie breathing problems etc.

[ydnic]

i`d prolly take the corn on your wall and put away for a very very very long sleep in the basement too

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by ydnic
i`d prolly take the corn on your wall and put away for a very very very long sleep in the basement too

BUWAHAHAHAAHAHAH, talk about inspecting the entire pic.. I had to look at the pic like 10 times before I saw what you were talking about..

-Matt

[bighillreptiles]

the indian corn on the wall LOL i had to look a few times my self

[vanderkm]

Nice to give them all a nap and get a rest for yourself and the feeding bill. I actually find that brumation is a great time to take pictures - they are slower because they are cooler. Not sure they appreciate it, but I try to avoid using the flash and get some of my best pics when they are cooling.

Best of luck with all of them,

mary v.

[bighillreptiles]

thanks to all that have posted ,Hope to have a good year! next year should be fun thanks for the tip Mary neaver eavon thought about that for the pictures

[crocdoc]

I cool my monitors and find it gives both them, and me, a break. By the time spring comes around I really miss them! It's not as though I hide them away anywhere, either, but they aren't their active selves and just spend the days lying around (the female usually disappears into a hollow log and doesn't re-emerge for five months).

[Tyler99]

Im not going to breed or anything, but how do you cool them?? Do you just put them in a rubbermaid not heated?

[bighillreptiles]

no i put my snakes down only after three weeks with out food and give all of my snakes a worm bath in a small rubber made to help them releave them selfs. than they go into the inselated room in the bastment with the only light is a red one so i can see and dos not bug the nakes. I turn down the heat over a week to ten days untill it get 55 degreas farenhiet . I keep a small watter dish with them all the time as thay will still move around a little and drink but not large enough to get totaly wet . After sixty to 80 days i start the heat back up and bring them up from ther winter sleep over a weeks time . after the snakes are up and moving around i start to feed again small meal half the normal size they would normaly take for the first three meals. then back to normal feeding ,after they shed i start to put the femals in with the males and keep a close eye on them . hope this helps Paul and Gloria Big Hill Reptiles