diff --git a/src/permifrost/snowflake_connector.py b/src/permifrost/snowflake_connector.py
index 77d446b9..5e7a7a3c 100644
--- a/src/permifrost/snowflake_connector.py
+++ b/src/permifrost/snowflake_connector.py
@@ -380,9 +380,9 @@ def snowflaky(name: str) -> str:
 
         # We do not currently support identifiers that include periods (i.e. db_1.schema_1."table.with.period")
         if len(name_parts) > 3:
-            warnings.warn(
-                f"Unsupported object identifier: {name} contains additional periods within identifier.",
-                SyntaxWarning,
+            logger.debug(
+                "Unsupported object identifier: %s contains additional periods within identifier.",
+                name,
             )
 
         if len(name_parts) == 0:
diff --git a/tests/permifrost/test_snowflake_connector.py b/tests/permifrost/test_snowflake_connector.py
index 3c5a95af..a83db692 100644
--- a/tests/permifrost/test_snowflake_connector.py
+++ b/tests/permifrost/test_snowflake_connector.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+import logging
 import os
+import warnings
 
 import pytest
 import sqlalchemy
@@ -91,7 +93,9 @@ def test_snowflaky(self):
             == 'database_1."1_LEADING_DIGIT".<table>'
         )
 
-        with pytest.warns(SyntaxWarning):
+        with warnings.catch_warnings():
+            warnings.simplefilter("error")
+            # These identifiers have periods in them but should not raise SyntaxWarning anymore
             SnowflakeConnector.snowflaky(db16)
             SnowflakeConnector.snowflaky(db17)
 
@@ -101,6 +105,17 @@ def test_snowflaky(self):
 
         assert SnowflakeConnector.snowflaky(db19) == ""
 
+    def test_snowflaky_logs_debug_for_period_in_identifier(self, caplog):
+        with caplog.at_level(logging.DEBUG, logger="permifrost.logger"):
+            SnowflakeConnector.snowflaky(
+                'RAW_RESTRICTED.airbyte_internal."AIRBYTE_SFTP_raw__stream_2025-03-23.csv"'
+            )
+        assert any(
+            "contains additional periods" in r.message
+            for r in caplog.records
+            if r.levelno == logging.DEBUG
+        )
+
     def test_uses_oauth_if_available(self, mocker, snowflake_connector_env):
         mocker.patch("sqlalchemy.create_engine")
         os.environ["PERMISSION_BOT_OAUTH_TOKEN"] = "TEST"