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hi, my checkered garters just went off feed about 2 weeks ago. they're kept in my living room at 68-75 degrees. is that cold enough for them to initiate hybernation or should i assume something else caused the lack of intrest in food? the checkereds are the olny ones doing this, but they're also the only adult garters i currently own. if they are in fact going into hybernation, do i need to cool them down more, and for how long? i'd appreciate if someone could supply me with the information as i am new to snake-keeping and want to do the right thing for the animals.
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tina
 
A couple of my garters tend to go off feed / become more finicky this time of year too. Because I'm not trying to breed, I don't hibernate mine, but when they start turning down food (they're normally fed an appropriately sized mouse weekly) I scale back the feedings to every other week or every two weeks. As the days start getting longer their appetite picks back up. If their lack of appetite is accompanied by marked weight loss, however, something besides a seasonal slow down may be responsible. If you do want to hibernate, check out this page for info: http://www.gartersnakemorphs.com/care.html

-Alice
 
thanks, i checked that website and it looks like i need to cool them down some more in another week or two and also remove the light source. hope that's all it takes to have many little baby checkerds in the spring. i think it's cool that their body goes on auto-pilot regardless of the external conditions.

tina
 
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