If the males sat on the hotspot during the brumation it might impair their fertility.


Well there are different way to look at that. Males don't need that much BW since they don't ovulate and produce eggs. They only need the sperm. So you could put the females trogether and give them a hotspot (that is if you are worried about the males)and just do a forced freeze all winter. The males won't suffer. But the females will reward you with better health which you need for eggs production.

Second , I think people that provide hotspots that they say it kills the sperm, is to hot (either that and the room is to hot) the range of choices is not great enough.


It all comes down to "I don't know what they are doing" ...sometimes it is something as simple as it was too hot. If I don't see it, I can't tell what they did wrong.

Again i am referring to Jlassiter. I it is just my opinion (and i am probably wrong) that pyros and z's are more difficult in te location you are in. So if i was you i would leave it alone or try once toi see what happens with just the females. Then if it was sucessful i would add males ect.
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