I kept the little beasties in my bedroom from the 1st week of Dec. to the 1st week of March. The whole time they were in there, I left my windows partially open. Temps throught the 3 months ranged from 40 to 60 deg. F. & averaged 50 to 55. A warm spot around 80 deg. was on every day for 5 to 6 hours. They seemed to really enjoy the basking & took full advantage of it.



It really is amazing that at 45 deg. they would sometimes cruise around. I wish I could have gotten them some sun during the basking, but it just wasn't feasable. I did use a 2' flourescent grow light over their basking area in my feeble attempt to compensate. There was courtship in the last 3 weeks of hibernation also.

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• Diamond pic from this morning.................. - LeeBarrie, Thu Mar 24 18:21:22 2005
• RE: Diamond pic from this morning.................. - bradh, Thu Mar 24 22:35:49 2005
• Here's what I did....... - LeeBarrie, Fri Mar 25 21:19:38 2005
• RE: Here's what I did....... - bradh, Sat Mar 26 10:44:59 2005
• Beautiful Diamonds, Lee!!!! - Will Leary, Fri Mar 25 06:56:24 2005
• Thanks Will............ - LeeBarrie, Fri Mar 25 21:09:12 2005
• RE: Diamond pic from this morning.................. - stevemcc, Sat Mar 26 15:59:30 2005