Pine Snake Northern Health Information

Northern Pines should be kept at daytime temperatures of about 80 degrees Fahrenheit with a basking area in the high 80s. At night the temperature should be in the low 70s. Humidity levels should be low to moderate.

Northern Pine snakes should be brumated for about 3 months during the winter at about 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Pine snakes will often quit feeding during the winter, regardless of enclosure temperatures and may loose too much weight if they are not cooled.

Breeding
After mating in the spring, the female Northern Pine Snake lays a clutch of between 3 and 24 eggs. She usually lays the eggs in a nest dug in the soil found under logs or rocks.