Sounds like fine reasoning. The sad stories about losing Chucks in winter while brumating them in coolers makes me cringe. I have been keeping Chuckwallas for more than fifty years and have never brumated them. They breed well and I know I have some that have reached twenty years or more. Burning the candle at both ends seems to work fine for them! LOL And I get to see them all winter. What more does anyone want??