I have always let my dragons go all year with lights on, but I adjust photoperiods and temps during the winter. What does everyone else do? Does anyone just turn the lights off completely?
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Brumation-lights on or off?
laurarfl
Sep 30, 2007 09:22 AM
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BDlvr
Oct 01, 2007 03:55 AM
I never turn the lights off completely. I just adjust the temps. down slightly and shorten the daytime after the dragons have started brumating. My substrate is sand and most of my adults dig in under 1/2 logs on the cool end of their enclosures.
Another strategy is to just put them in boxes in a cool dark place but I never do that. I know breeders that do though.
laurarfl
Oct 01, 2007 06:51 AM
That sounds exactly like my set-up. I've never been comfortable with putting them in a box and tucking them away. Since I have such a large collection of various herps, they are beginning to tax my electric bill. One of my BDs is starting to dig in and I'm thinking, "Hey, do you really need that light on?" 
Just kidding, really, but it does remind me of my husband following the kids around when they were little and turning off the lights behind them!
