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Posted by patricia sherman on September 15, 2002 at 10:30:28:
In Reply to: Need Info posted by lyndammr on September 15, 2002 at 08:13:57:
They generally live their entire lives within a rather limited range. Their overwintering place is called a hibernaculum, generally near a water source, and they'll use the same place year after year. In some cases, a good hibernaculum may be shared by several or many snakes that live within adjacent ranges. Some snakes travel a fair distance to reach their preferred hibernaculum - the distance travelled by garter snakes (which ovewwinter with huge numbers gathered together) can really boggle one's mind.
In springtime, they emerge as soon as suitable temps are attained. Sometimes they'll even emerge briefly to warm themselves in the daytime on extra warm winter days, then go back into the shelter at night. Following a couple of weeks of feeding, and at least one ecdysis ("shed"), they mate. In egg-laying species, the eggs are produced a few weeks later, and require about 60 days incubation. So the babies hatch late in the summer. If the weather remains warm for several weeks after hatching, the babies will feed before winter. Babies that hatch too late in the season, will go into the hibernaculum with empty tummies, and most will usually survive to start dining the next spring.
Tricia
:Can anybody tell me, snakes that live outside free, do they have homes or they travel from one place to the other? And when do they lay eggs, what is their time summer, fall, etc.? Thank you.
