I live on the east coast also and I have bred retics several times and fertile copulation took place in October, but started in September and ended by December 1st. My retics have not been bred this year, but still went thru their non-feeding cycle and have resumed eating since December. I couldn't breed them even if I wanted to till next year, they breed the exact same time every year that I have bred them. I guess they could be reprogrammed to breed at a different time of year, but from what I understand such reconditioning could take several years. For example I have read that retics breed 6 months earlier in Australia then on the east coast (USA) coinciding with Australian winter, while it's summer in the northern hemisphere.
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Frank Roberts

Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

R&R Herpetological

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