Daboia palaestinae

Bought 2 juveniles at Hamm show. Despite promises they don't eat. Would it be a good treatment to let them hibernate? In this case for how long and at what temperature? The parents origin from Israel.
If you suggest force feeding, no problem, I've done it several times before with venomous species.

Hi Tommy,
Can`t help too much, I have only been keeping palaestinae for about a year. They must have been eating to get to juvinile size, I don`t suppose they could be shedding could they?, you must only have had them for a couple of weeks. I believe they can take some time to settle in, and they can be quite nervous animals. I personally, would not hibernate them until I knew they were healthy and eating properly. Hopefully someone with more experience will help you more. Good luck with them, they are fantastic animals to keep.
Cheers,
Brian.

I would give them a cooler period. And increase humidity to 60%. Temperature about 15 degrees celsius daytime and 8 at night. For about 8 weeks...

Not a real hibernation.

I don't know what locality you exactly have. I would search for the climate data from that area.

I try to give my snakes the same conditions as they would have in the wild.

I don't know how big they are know. But you can try to start them up with different prey, give them more shelter opportunity so they have less stress.

I don't keep this specie myself, but these are the things that I would do!

Also keep in mind that they could be unhealthy...