Heat is needed all year around. Some say Snakes are Cold Blooded, I prefer to say they are warm blooded, and it is just that they can't generate their own body heat. If they don't have heat for a while, they will get sick and die. There is no fixed rule on the amount of time they can survive, it's a matter of the correct husbandry.
If you live in the tropics then it's understandable that you don't give supplemental heat, I don't and probably most live in cooler states. I will keep that in mind next time.
Decades? I believe you, but have you any experience or knowledge about this. This too, is an ongoing question for me. I knew it could be many months or years, but decades? My respect for these creatures is great but to survive decades without food is awesome. Note -- I do not plan on experimenting on this pointSomething between seconds and decades.
Decades? I believe you, but have you any experience or knowledge about this. This too, is an ongoing question for me. I knew it could be many months or years, but decades? My respect for these creatures is great but to survive decades without food is awesome. Note -- I do not plan on experimenting on this point
Good point ead too briefly. It was about heat not food.It really depends on the species and environment.
I've kept snakes in the tropics without ever giving them any supplemental heating. In some cases I've had to take it a step further and in addition to never giving them any supplemental heating I've had to give them supplemental cooling.
I've been unable to keep some snakes I wanted to keep in some places because it was just too hot for them. For example, I'd never bother trying to keep Copperheads in the hot tropics, they're just going to die from too much heat even if you keep them on the floor without any supplemental heat.
If you're keeping most species of pythons in a place like Melbourne, sure, you're generally going to want to give them heating every day, but there are plenty of examples of situations where snakes don't ever need any supplemental heat.
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