"Hold off" if temps in the room do not average in the 80's Example of what they experience without heat to digest, Have you ever ate a big meal late at night and tried to go right to bed and the food will Not Digest and feels like it wants to come back up and some times does? The food just lays there blocking the tract without heat darling and snake will not perish without a meal over a weeks time I promise you that! Adult snake can and do go hungry in the wild much much longer sometimes months without proper food as long as they have WATER. I hope this makes you feel at ease Sista!