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early brumation and feeding???

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Posted by: geckoejon at Thu Sep 26 05:32:49 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by geckoejon ]  
   

hello,

i was wondering if i could get some feedback and advice from experienced people here. my 5 largest female westerns (120-200g) have all gone off feed for at least 2-3 weeks. the largest for a month. before a month ago, these 5 had been 2x a week steady feeders. i'm wondering if they are smelling the males and going through hormone changes, or something of that sort. the other possibility i can think of is that they are possibly ready for an early brumation.

i have a dozen hogs that i have all in the same large cabinet with a small ceramic heater maintaining 80-83 ambient. they have 14 hrs of light on a timer and 93 degree hot spot. i double checked and nothing has changed in the cabinet.

my smaller westerns and southerns are still eating like clockwork.

i was planning on waiting until nov-december to put them into brumation. think putting them in early would benefit? i know the smaller females are too small to breed, but would brumating them help as well?

any thoughts? experience? feedback?

thanks!
jonathan


   

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