Agreed, classic brumation is not required actually at all.



I wait until my females are 3 years old and over 400 grams before I consider breeding.



I've tried breeding 2 year olds and it's just not worth it in my opinion.



I keep my Hondos up, warm with artificial light until the winter before the spring I plan to breed them.



If they are going to breed the following spring, I turn off the artificial lights, keep them warm, and continue to feed them about half as much thru the winter.



Once Feb hits, the lights come back on and normal feeding resumes.



It's worked really well, for me over the years.



-Rusty

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• Hondos, brumation/breeding - KSURVT, Sun Aug 26 13:16:03 2012
• RE: Hondos, brumation/breeding - MChap30, Sun Aug 26 15:16:27 2012
• 2014 not 2013. - MChap30, Sun Aug 26 15:20:00 2012
• RE: 2014 not 2013. - RG, Sun Aug 26 20:23:04 2012
• RE: Hondos, brumation/breeding - rtdunham, Mon Aug 27 10:28:12 2012