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 #531812


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 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

can anyone tell me if they have to hibernate and what i have to do.
11/04/05  09:05pm

 #533572


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   Message To: CP51213   In reference to Message Id: 531812


 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

no.
11/06/05  03:43pm

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   Message To: Gamesnake217   In reference to Message Id: 533572


 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

ok thanks.
11/06/05  08:58pm

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   Message To: CP51213   In reference to Message Id: 533968


 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

Only if you would like to breed them...



11/07/05  01:12am

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   Message To: U1sickboy   In reference to Message Id: 534229


 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

That’s not true. Wether you should or shouldn’t hibernate milks depends on what subspecies they are. Eastern milks can be found as far north as Ontario and they definitely have to hibernate. All milksnake subspecies found in the central and northern parts of the U.S. should be hibernated not only for breeding reasons, but also because they have been evolving in a tempered and not tropical climate. Their metabolism depends on it.
11/07/05  04:24pm

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   Message To: Peter54   In reference to Message Id: 534725


 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

I have been raising and breeding Eastern milks for 7 or 8 years now. I have had no problem not burmating the snakes I don’t plan to breed



11/07/05  10:17pm

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   Message To: U1sickboy   In reference to Message Id: 535236


 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

What about Pueblans? shud u hibernate them?



11/10/05  10:15am

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   Message To: Melymoos   In reference to Message Id: 537804


 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

Only if you want to, its not necessary



11/14/05  06:03am

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Peter54
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   Message To: U1sickboy   In reference to Message Id: 535236


 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

Well that’s your choice, but I would not choose to do like that because I think that keeping snakes or whatever animal you might want to keep also include other things than just food and water, warmth and light. Nature has developed it’s inhabitants differently depending of where each and every species live. In Ontario no one expects it to be 68-86° F all year around and even as far south as Mexico, winter can be pretty cold somtimes, at least on higher altitude where for example milksnake subspecies such as pueblans live.

I choose to brumate all my Lampropeltis between 8 and 12 weeks at about 50-60°F depending on what species they are. I keep sinaloan and pueblan milks, Californian and speckled kings, San Pedro and Chihuahua mountain kings.

I definitely feel that even if these snakes survive many years without ever beeing put in hibernation, it’s not natural and therefore not good for them. I even think it might cost a few years of their lifespan.

In comparison, I recently read that if humans would be able to sleep away the winter like bears do with the same metabolic shut-down-system, we would be able to live for about 300-400 years.
11/17/05  08:14am

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   Message To: CP51213   In reference to Message Id: 531812


 Do milk snakes have to hibernate?

yes they hibrenate they do this if they are in the wild they will hib if let the cage get to cold or else they dont just to keep in mind when they hib you cannot pick em up ok



12/28/05  04:47pm


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