I've got my breeding colony of Hondurans in a basement that stays relatively cool. I have a digital thermometer that records temps fairly consistent in the mid 50's to low 60's. The problem is that this is the first year I lived in the Valley in Southern California and outside temps today as well as yesterday reached the low 80's. I checked the thermometer in the basement and it reached 73 degrees. I peeked under the covers and noticed one of the males out and active. I started their brumation cycle at the end of October and was wondering if I should wait until March 1st (when I usually do it) to warm them back up and begin feeding or should I just start now. It should cool down next week again but then again it is Southern California. Thanks for any help in advance.

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• Honduran brumation question - bdelator, Sun Feb 12 18:10:48 2006
• RE: Honduran brumation question - davester, Sun Feb 12 21:11:21 2006
• RE: Honduran brumation question - tspuckler, Mon Feb 13 08:47:07 2006
• not conventional wisdom - Rtdunham, Mon Feb 13 09:32:59 2006
• RE: not conventional wisdom - tspuckler, Tue Feb 14 10:05:20 2006
• I've asked doug to post his experiences here n/t - rtdunham, Fri Feb 17 22:58:04 2006