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Conserving_herps
at Mon Feb 27 07:50:58 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Conserving_herps ]
Hey Paul,
I don't use any heat tape or any heating apparatus at all during winter. I shut everything out (light and heat), leave the hondo in its original terrarium and cover the whole glass area and top with black plastic paper ( the large 45lb trash bags works perfectly), making sure that there's airflow going in and out. And then I change the water once a week very quickly so as not to disturb the hondo. My brumation cycle starts Dec. 1 and ends March 1st. I make sure that the last meal before brumation is at least 3 weeks, so the belly is empty during brumation...that is pobably why I never had any problems with regurgitaion or vomiting. This has worked for me for all my hondos (male or female) and for more than 5 seasons of breeding hondos.
Hope this contributes something to this discussion and great input from all of you. ----- RAY 
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