Do you use brumation to induce breeding?

[tangerineman]

Do you use brumation to induce breeding?
Just curious how many people use cooling to intentionally induce ovulation when a female gecko comes out of it, either becuase of a lack of activity or because you want to get them going at a different time of year...

thanks-
Duane

I am doing the poll as a simple 'YES you brumate' or 'NO you don't', please mention in a reply if you brumate to stimulate breeding at a non-normal (not winter time) of year, the reason i mention this is becuase mine all started last year during jan/feb time on their own.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Nope! All my geckos just naturally 'cycle' themselves.

 

[Nigel4less]

Nope...when shes ready she`ll tell ya

 

[dprince]

I don't brumate my leos. They'll let ya know when they're ready.

 

[shadowx362]

well last year I didn't but this year I accidentally did and my females are ovulating the same way so no you don't need to.

 

[TokayKeeper]

when I had access to a garage I would. Unfortunately since 2002 I haven't had access to a garage and even though my apartment doesn't have the greatest of insulation it doesn't afford me the ability to brumate. I tried in winter 06/07 to use a closet for brumating snakes that was maintaining temps of 55-67°F, but I don't think it maintained it long enough to get a good fertility cycling out of the animals I chose to pair up (plains hognose and locality mexican hognose).

I've done both ways with the leos and my greatest successes in fertility (both male and female) came when I brumated.

 

[SleepyDee]

no I don't brumate, I let the females 'cycle' themselves

 

[Halley]

Cycling them give you a good break. Even on that feeding bill.

 

[acpart]

Some of mine are brumating themselves --staying on the cool side and not eating.

Aliza

 

[leatherneck]

Negative.......no brumating here.

 

[shadowx362]

well they live in the garage so, yes brumating here

 

[fallen_angel]

Some of mine are brumating themselves --staying on the cool side and not eating.

Aliza

Same here

 

[cj.thomas21]

I dont brumate but I will probably try it once to see how it works.

 

[thestack510]

I don't think I have to. I love California! Our weather isn't extreme for the most part. CA has been good to me. I still have eggs incubating, and just hatched two Snow Enigmas this week. I just let it happen.

 

[GroovyGeckos.com]

Nope, they tend to know what time of year it is (from the shorter days, and colder ambient temps) and do it all on their own.

I would say it is not even necessary.

 

[Lady_Kiya]

No, I don't.
When I do decide to breed I would like to do it naturally, but you never know.

 

[lillith]

Mine seem to be doing what Aliza's are - hanging out in the cool hide, munching on their worms at about 1/3-1/2 their usual consumption. I was a little worried at first, but since no one's losing weight, I figure I'll let them be until they feel like it. I think they are responding to the daylight hours they 'see' through my windows.

 

[Gregg M]

I keep mine hot all year round... I do not allow the ambient air temps to drop below the mid 80's... I have noticed that a female will ovulate at any time of the year when keeping them this way... All it usually takes for me to get a female to ovulate is to introduce a male a few times...

There is no need to brumate in my opinion...

 

[Daidra]

No,I just let them do it themselves

 

[crotaphytidae]

I don't brumate either, but I do keep my males a few degrees cooler than my females, around 88. The reasoning I have behind this is that the males at the cooler temps will produce healthier sperm and there is a reduced chance of infertility, at high temps the sperm cells will die and it kind of sucks when your boys are shooting blanks. I have only had a few infertile eggs from my first year breeders and most of them have had fertile first clutches.