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by jager1 on December 27, 2007
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Im just wondering how warm winter weather affects brumation on my snakes. Some days the temp is between 70 and 80 and somedays it gets in the 30's and 20's. how does this affect snakes in the wild? It is hard for me to keep a constant temp low enough with weather in the 80's. What should i do?
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by LarryDFishel on December 27, 2007
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I can't really answer the question you asked, but keep in mind that corals are subterranean and so the temperature they experience in the wild will not go nearly as low as the lowest air temperature.
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by fizzbob7 on December 27, 2007
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they'll come out on warm days to do their thing and hide when it gets cooler. that's the different between reptiles BRUMATING and other animals HIBERNATING. brumation is directly linked to air temps and sunlight. if it's 55 and sunny, they'll find a warm spot to bathe in if only for a little while. if it's 65 and sunny, they may do some hunting and basking.
when an animal hibernates, it will go through changes that make an early awakening potentially dangerous. bears sleep through the winter during hibernation whether it's extra cold or unusually warm.
i've seen cottonmouths out and about in 50 degree weather where water temps are below 45 degrees. you'll even see gators out and about in cooler weather but they'll not usually hunt unless it's closer to 65-68 degrees in the water.
reptiles work with what they have.
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