Hibernation, I agree with you, and has nothing to do with being 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 years old, in the wild they mature later in age, and reproduce less, why conditions.
Why food availability.
Why inconsistencies that cause stress.
Its already been shown that small species can reproduce at 3-6 months old in captivity, that medium sized species can reproduce at 6-12 months of age, and large species can and do from 6-18 months in age, all in captivity.
I venture to guarrantee, when the species becomes a bit more common here they start reproducing younger and younger. You know at one time keepers and breeders thought that almost every reptile out there needed brumated to reproduce, just like anything else, a misunderstood survival adaptation being blamed for causing magic.

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• v. griseus hibernation - jock, Sat Oct 20 07:43:12 2007
• RE: what did you do? - JPsShadow, Sat Oct 20 09:08:43 2007
• RE: what did you do? - jock, Sat Oct 20 09:30:10 2007
• RE: what did you do? - sungazer, Sun Oct 21 15:45:15 2007
• RE: what did you do? - jock, Sun Oct 21 20:15:46 2007
• RE: what did you do? - monitormanUK, Mon Oct 22 06:06:39 2007
• Its doesnt have to do with. - SHvar, Mon Oct 22 11:08:39 2007
• RE:Lets think abou this once - JPsShadow, Mon Oct 22 11:06:15 2007
• RE:Lets think abou this once - FR, Mon Oct 22 11:44:09 2007
• RE:Lets think abou this once - monitormanUK, Mon Oct 22 12:35:10 2007
• RE:Lets think abou this once - FR, Mon Oct 22 15:21:58 2007
• RE: thanks for adding to it - JPsShadow, Mon Oct 22 14:54:01 2007
• RE: v. griseus hibernation - MadAxeMan, Mon Oct 22 07:57:49 2007
• Never saw a single species of.. - SHvar, Mon Oct 22 11:20:36 2007
• RE: Never saw a single species of.. - MadAxeMan, Mon Oct 22 13:43:15 2007
• If you read what you posted. - SHvar, Mon Oct 22 23:10:29 2007
• RE: If you read what you posted. - MadAxeMan, Tue Oct 23 07:37:48 2007
• apples to oranges. - SHvar, Tue Oct 23 22:37:55 2007
• About Apples & Oranges - MadAxeMan, Wed Oct 24 19:47:53 2007
• You still havent gotten it. - SHvar, Wed Oct 24 21:52:15 2007
• RE: If you read what you posted. - FR, Fri Oct 26 01:35:38 2007