Seriously...I keep my milks up and feeding throughout the winter...just reduce their light cycle (automatic timer for the lights) and the belly heat stays on.

They don't eat as much, but they still grow. I don't get a break, so that kinda sucks, but I can breed sooner and have larger females.

My lone Arizona Mt. has been off feed for about 7 weeks...I don't give him any heat ever and he doesn't start eating until Feb or so.

One day soon I plan on trying to breed Arizona's without a "classic" brumation period(no light and cold temps) and see if I can get good eggs. I don't know if it's ever been done successfully or not.

-Rusty

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• Curious to when others shut it down. - joecop, Sat Oct 15 16:56:12 2011
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• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - ShadyLady, Sat Oct 15 22:38:40 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - joecop, Sun Oct 16 11:40:00 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - mikefedzen, Sun Oct 16 13:41:44 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - joecop, Sun Oct 16 16:22:16 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - mikefedzen, Tue Oct 18 15:23:37 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - joecop, Tue Oct 18 20:15:39 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - mikefedzen, Tue Oct 18 22:15:38 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - mrkent, Sun Oct 16 16:50:51 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - joecop, Sun Oct 16 21:36:06 2011
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• NEVER! - RG, Tue Oct 18 22:03:56 2011
• RE: NEVER! - joecop, Wed Oct 19 10:14:02 2011
• 10-4 - RG, Wed Oct 19 13:08:43 2011
• RE: NEVER! Even the Males? - chefdev, Mon Oct 24 06:47:16 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - SunHerp, Wed Oct 19 10:23:57 2011
• RE: Curious to when others shut it down. - joecop, Wed Oct 19 14:17:12 2011