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Winter cooling, how long is long enough?

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Posted by: OliveJewel at Tue Feb 2 14:08:04 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by OliveJewel ]  
   

In general, is there a certain amount of time that is long enough or is it really species specific? I am wondering if 6-8 weeks is long enough or is longer better. For Eumeces schneideri and Egernia striolata.



I am wondering if it is like plants. As long as you cool them down to a certain temp it will trip those hormones to kick into gear once you start warming them up again. Or is the daylength changing critical too. I'm thinking that it must be species specific. Schneider's skinks are so dang tough to breed, I want to crack the code!
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Lisa Rakestraw

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My skinks:

1.1 Corucia zebrata (Berman and Joni)

2.3 Egernia striolata

2.2 Eumeces schneideri (Jack and Mabel; Kaa and Cochisa)



Hubby's snakes of the Southwest:

0.1 Lichanura orcutti (Rosie)

0.1 Lampropeltis pyromelana (Little Red)

0.1 Pituophis catenifer (Jennifer)

1.1 Bogertophis subocularis (Humphrey and Olive)

0.1 Lampropeltis alterna (Sandy)


   

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