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chucks and brumation???

Snowfeet Nov 17, 2008 06:41 PM

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I would like to breed my chuckwallas next year and had a question.Do chukwallas have to brumate in order to breed?Lately I have been dropping the temp and feeding less, but i do not fully want to brumate them.

-Skylar

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ndokai Nov 19, 2008 07:23 AM

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Austin and I have always cooled our chucks in the winter. Most temperate reptiles need to be cylced to breed. I'm not sure just how cool they NEED to get. We have cycled females in the cage by just turning the heat off, but have never attempted it this way with males. I have read that a lot of reptiles need the cooler temps of brumation to produce viable sperm, but like I said I don't know just how cool chucks NEED to get for good sperm production.

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