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RE: Hondos, brumation/breeding

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Posted by: rtdunham at Mon Aug 27 10:28:12 2012   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by rtdunham ]  
   

>>Weigh-in day here and my pair of Albino tri-color Hondos (born Sept 2011) have grown to 84g (female) & 90grams (male). Both are excellent eaters and thriving.



I don't think your hondos are eating and thriving as much as you might think. It wouldn't be at all uncommon for them to weigh twice what yours do--or more--a year after they'd hatched. You might up the food offerings.



As for the winter strategy, Rusty's will work fine. Alternately, you could keep feeding them and only if they stop eating or slow way down, cool them for the balance of the winter. (I often bred two-year-olds and did quite well. I had 300 grams as a minimum for them, coming out of brumation, and animals that met that criterion usually were 400-500 grams by the onset of breeding activity.

   

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