I'm sure everyone, as well as myself, would like to know how your HL's are doing so far this winter. Have they all gone into hibernation yet, and are you keeping any of them up for their first winter??
-Ryan
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How about an update Cable..........
Ryan-reptilian
Nov 12, 2004 01:59 AM
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reptoman
Nov 12, 2004 07:29 AM
It's a little early to ask the question, being that most of the horned lizards have went down in the last two or three weeks. My Solares have been down for 3 weeks, however I noticed my male pops his head up out of the sand every once in awhile and then digs down, he never comes out completely. The young neonates are usually not wintered, as most of us at one time or another have lost hatchlings, and the key I believe is if your going to breed them (adults) then you want to winter them, but if they are young and not breedable, I have kept through the winter with the temps up and they put on a lot of size and wieght by spring. They can be wintered the next year. I do know of people that winter all of theres, but since they are a presious animal I am careful to take as best care of them as I can, and I believe this works the best for me........
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cable_hogue
Nov 12, 2004 07:31 AM
Hi Ryan,
My Solare and Platyrhinos adults are all down now in the outside cage. I am keeping the Solare and Shorthorn hatchlings up for now indoors. I can still get ants for them and want them to fatten up. The Texas HL's and the large female SHL are still up indoors and I'm trying to fatten them up before putting them down.
I have a paper by Montanucci on hibernating in a refrigerator so I am thinking hard about giving that a try. If I do this I'll put them in small containers drilled with air holes with either sand or some paper toweling. I plan to put some small tubes at the door seal to allow air flow. I have a little refrigerator in my office where I keep my ants. Has anyone ever tried this before?
Are everyones HL's down for the winter?
Lester, what have you been up to?
Share your methods! 
Cheers!
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