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29-Apr-05, 06:10 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-03 Location: Seaford, Victoria | | | Feeding and winter cooling
This question has probably been asked before but I'm still going to ask it again.
I have started cooling my bredl's python, which has caused him to become more active. I asume that he is seeking out the hot spot more. Anyway he hasn't had a feed since the 7/4/05 and he is looking at me like he wants a feed. He has had a health check from a vet before I started cooling and he is in top condition.
The day temp is currently set at 23 degC and the night temp is set approx 8 degC (the ambient temp of the enclosure is usually 15-20 degC overnight) as these are the average temp in Alice Springs this time of year.
Finally my guestion is should I offer food now or wait until I start warming him up in spring?
Regards David
PS Someone need to write a definitive article on cooling snakes over winter because it seems to be one of the areas that causes most stress in new players to the herp scene. |
29-Apr-05, 06:37 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-04 Location: North West WA | | | | RE: Feeding and winter cooling
Here's my 2 cents.
Advice can be given out of the goodess of someones heart, or it can be bought. If you are after top notch advice, see if someone will dispense that for a reasonable fee. It is time out of anyones day to give this, and some remuneration is only fair eg carton of beer, etc, etc, as the reciever is definately getting advice that has value.
So saying, if you have no heating on, or it is reduced i would not feed. |
29-Apr-05, 07:48 PM
| | Moderator Moderator | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Sydney, NSW,Australia | | | | RE: Feeding and winter cooling
Moclobe,
How old is your snake?
If it is just a youngster, then I wouldn't personally cool it at all, just keep to your normal overnight spring /summer temps and continue feeding.
Some people like to cycle their pythons from young, but I have never found that it makes any difference to the end result of having a snake breed in the future, and have not found that it impacts on their general health or wellbeing at all.
Neil |
29-Apr-05, 08:17 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Dec-03 Location: Seaford, Victoria | | | | The snake is 2.5 yrs old |
29-Apr-05, 10:13 PM
| | Moderator Moderator | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Sydney, NSW,Australia | | | Moclobe,
Even so, if your not considering breeding this season, then I personally would continue as stated in my last message.
I have Bredli of similar age and will be continuing to feed them.
Some people feel that if you cycle your snakes every year it creates a inbuilt clock for them, which could well be right, after all, that's what happens in the wild, however, I have personally never found that by not doing it one year and by doing it the next it has any negative effects on CB snakes.
It's a personal choice, you can do what you feel happiest with  .
All the best.
Neil |
29-Apr-05, 10:16 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Melbourne O>I>G>L Souly! | | | I'm with you Neil  | |
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