I think we have to ask ourselves why we are brumating. I try to follow nature's cycles, believing brumation is a good rest period for the females, that enhances their hormonal activity in the spring. It is apparent that some females do not need brumation, as they ovulate and lay eggs anyway. I have heard that males need cool weather to produce viable sperm. This isn't always true, as I have had males that were never brumated, and they mated and produced offspring.

While I intend to brumate mine in mid-November, I don't think there is any purpose in keeping them brumated for 3 months. I'll bring them out after 6 weeks and see what happens.

Wendell

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