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aSnakeLovinBabe · 01-30-2008, 02:56 PM

I have a quick question for you guys. This is the first year I'll be breeding garters on a large scale and so this year is my first brumation. I know all the ins and outs of it and have brumated my corns and other colubrids previous years, but for my garters, would a brumation of 4 weeks be acceptable, considering they were in a pitch dark environment and were at a temp of about 50 degrees 90% of that time?

I'm asking because I want to keep them down for as short a time as possible... so if you guys say yes four weeks is good then I'm going to bring them up sometime this week! I have 10 females and 7 males so.... here we go! lol

01-30-2008, 02:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
aSnakeLovinBabe Old and wise snake Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 1,030 Country:	Quick brumation question!!! I have a quick question for you guys. This is the first year I'll be breeding garters on a large scale and so this year is my first brumation. I know all the ins and outs of it and have brumated my corns and other colubrids previous years, but for my garters, would a brumation of 4 weeks be acceptable, considering they were in a pitch dark environment and were at a temp of about 50 degrees 90% of that time? I'm asking because I want to keep them down for as short a time as possible... so if you guys say yes four weeks is good then I'm going to bring them up sometime this week! I have 10 females and 7 males so.... here we go! lol