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Posted by: Rosebuds at Thu Jun 18 16:28:45 2009  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Rosebuds ]  
   

I tried to brumate one chuck this past winter and it did not go well. He started losing weight half way through, so I pulled him and warmed him up. I did brumate the Desert igs. They had a very hard time snapping out of the doldrums after I warmed them up, but eventually started eating. One female bred and was gravid, but she died of egg binding.

I also brumated collareds. One female that I brumated is gravid with her FOURTH clutch! I am not happy about it, but can't really stop her from developing eggs. Her eggs produced one set of babies so far. BUT another female that I did not brumate is about to lay her second clutch, and if her eggs are fertile, I am thinking of forging brumation! I wanted babies, and have lots of people asking for babies, but I never wanted the one female to lay that much! I have a pair of fire skinks that were not brumated, and bred, and I have a beardie female that I did not brumate and did not allow to breed, and she has laid 107 infertile eggs in four clutches since the beginning of the year. Breeding, eggs and babies happen with or without brumation, so I don't think I will brumate chucks or desert igs again. I have to see about collareds. I probably won't brumate Miss Egg Factory, just because i want her to slow down! I think she is precious and I don't want her to spin herself out laying eggs!


   

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