So I learned a while back that snakes go through brumation and breeders will take away their heat and food for a few months. They then wake them up in the spring, which sets them into “breeding” mode.
Now I also was told that pet snakes you don’t intend to breed do not need to be put into brumation but I am noticing some small changes in my snakes behaviour. He no longer goes in any of his hides, he is only burrowed. Unless I feed him he has been staying in one spot burrowed in his enclosure, not going near his heat mat. I am also not seeing him out as much. Is it possible he can sense the changes in the atmosphere/weather and is trying to brumate?
I'm planning on getting a hognose soon and I wanted to know if I should brumate my snake in the colder months, I don't have any breeding plans so is this something I should do or is it okay to let snakes go without it?
Hey there, lizard guy here. I'm actually here for a friend. He has a cane toad and is worried about it. What he told me is that it's acting lethargic and avoiding eating. He also got an under tank heater for it but it's staying away from it. Now to my lizard owner brain this sounds just like when my beardie brumates. Is this normal for cane toads during the winter months? If so what should he do to take care of it during this time? If not then is there anything this is a sign of and what can my friend do?
I have a 2.5 year old Arizona mountain kingsnake who has always been my best eater and has only previously refused meals while in shed. She has never been brumated before and her tank is 72F on the cold side and 80F on the warm side with a hide that's around 85F, on aspen, in a 30 gallon that is longer than she is.
She started refusing food around the beginning of November, so it has been about 2 months now. She'll smell it and once or twice strike at it it I'm insistent, but won't take it. It's been a while since she last shed, too (mid-September). Until now she's shed on the baby schedule of about every 6 weeks. She looks fine, though she does have a few bent scales, but she does seem quite slow and basically spends all her time sleeping in her cool hide.
I'm thinking she's trying to brumate, even though I've checked and the temperatures in the room haven't changed. Would it be wise to properly put her into brumation, or is she fine "brumating" at her regular temperatures while I continue offering food every week or so? Is it too late in the season to drop temperatures down? Will it be dangerous since it's been 2 months since she fed? Should I take her to the vet to make sure there isn't a different cause? I have other pets in the room that need warm temps and the temperatures in the rest of the house fluctuate a lot since we heat with a wood stove and don't have AC.
I've started weighing her regularly to make sure her weight doesn't drop.
Hey everyone,
So this is my first year with my gecko being an adult and i don't know if I should actively start her brumation or not. In the books I've read it's advised to slowly reduce heat and light, stop feeding and then keep it that way for 3 months (just a rough description, i have a very detailed plan on how to do it).
Now, i have read online on people who just don't do this. They just keep everything as it is. I would prefer that, but peanut literally decided herself to only stay in her cold hide since a month already and since 2 weeks she is refusing food. I take her out sometimes to check on her, she seems healthy and okay. Just very slow. She barely leaves the cave.
Should i follow through with the brumation and reduce lighting and heating gradually, or just let her be and do nothing? Like, if she eats she eats, if she doesn't she doesn't? I tried contacting my vet numerous times to ask him on the phone about this, but he never returned my calls. I don't want to drag her there just for these questions. I also checked her for poop parasites and she is fine. I'm just scared if i just let her be, her body won't go into full brumation mode and she will lose weight or something.
Can someone help me with this? I'm a very anxious mommy atm :(
my one year old beardie Venus has been not eating as much, hasnt been active, and it has started to get colder (especially with the fan in my room) so i was just wondering if anyone else's has been acting the same ?
I have a year old female blue tegu and shit her lights off about a month ago (her enclosure is in my room where it’s nice and toasty due to the amount of non brumating reptile lights I have on) and while she sleeps/burrows a good amount, just about everyday she comes out and climbs around. She has water but I’ve stopped offering her her basking light (did this last year with male red tegu who brumated fine, no problems with him). I don’t want her to be starving if her body/metabolism hasn’t slowed down like brumating tegus bodies do, but I know you’re not supposed to feed lizards if you’re attempting to brumate them. I just wanted to ask for some advice
My fire skink hasn't been out at all for over a week now and i'm starting to get worried about him. I last fed him last wednesday and i'm worried he may be unwell or getting really hungry. I've been doing research online but I have found nothing about whether they brumate or hibernate and I just want to make sure he's doing okay. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Hi guys, newbie here. I’ve have my 1 year old for about 5 months now. Just would like to know your opinions on brumation, I’m getting mixed answers online and wondering if anyone can help me out a bit. Is it better for your snake to brumate? Or should I hold off since I’m still new to caring for a hognose?
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It seems around this time of year (summer transitioning to fall) my beardie only wants to sleep/hide under her rock everyday. Her appetite also decreases substantially and she REFUSES to eat most things besides a dubia roach, of course. It seems like brumation to me because she was just running around with crazy energy and eating everything this summer. I’ve had her for 3 years but she has seemed to do this every year.
I’m in CA, anybody else’s bearded dragons brumate around this time?
I rescued a pied MSTI a few months ago. Wondering if I should expect him to Brumate. My tegu and calubrids are already going down
I live in maine which could mean brumation might last longer too
Her appetite dropped,she is sleepy all the time,slight black tint on the beard and she likes to nap and go into the shadow cave part of her enclosure.The whether here is becoming colder day by day and she started behaving like this with the temp drop 2 days ago.I have a vet I can head to if needed,but if its brumation I need to know now because in that case I need to order some stuff immediately.
My bearded dragon sleeps all fall and winter, she has done this all 3 year of her life and she's starting to slow down recently and falling asleep sooner. I always found it funny that mine sleep for so long in comparison to other dragons.
