>>Hi guys,
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>>I have placed all my E. dione's (execpt one) into hibernation at the beginning of November. Unfortunatly the weather up here isn't as it should be and the temperature doesn't drop under the 12/13 degrees Celsius. And usually is between 14/17 degrees Celsius.
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>>One of the smallest neonates of this year is losing weight quite rapidly. It lost 1.91 grams in one month! and it's total weight is 14.08 grams. Another one of 2008 has lost 3.12 grams in one month.
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>>Strange is that 2 animals gained weight (3 and 1 grams) during this month, and another has shed itself and also lost 3.97 grams in body weight.
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>>All the adult animals are losing weight but this is within what I think normal.
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>>Can anyone tell me what the maximum percentage of weightloss is? The adults will stay in hibernation till march/april, the juvenils are planned to come out of hibernation at the end of januari.
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>>Any help is most welcome!
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>>Thanks
>>Gerben



the first one is approximately a 14% loss in body weight. You didn't give the weight of the second, or third but to loose over 3 grams, in comparison, would probably be somewhere between 15 to 20% depending on original weight
To me, any weight loss in a neonate would prompt me to pull them out of brumtion.
at 14% body weight loss ah month they will never survive through January. That would be another 28% plus the original 14% and you are looking at a possible 42% weight loss. NOT TOO GOOD
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