To cool or not to cool, that is the question

Amazing_Reptiles

Amazing_Reptiles

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Hey Everyone,
I was just wondering if you guys cooled your geckos at all for the new breeding season. Or do your not have seasons and just introduce them anytime. Also, if you have used both methods in the past, which has worked best for you.
Thanks
-Steve
 
spidergecko

spidergecko

New member
I cut photoperiod and feeding. I don't heat enclosures at night all year so I have seasonal highs and lows.

One year I kept constant temperatures throughout the year and none of my spider geckos (except one) produced eggs. The one that did produce eggs produced only one that year.
 
lessthantito

lessthantito

Member
I only heat the geckos that require it but I let the females that are breeding cool after a few months or if they look like breeding is taking too much out of them, they pretty much stay in the mid to low 70's all year
 
Kevin McRae

Kevin McRae

Member
I don't breed all that much but each year my adult pairs lay. I don't do anything with cutting back feed or light/heat. They are in my bedroom which has large windows though, which may be why. We do not have any air conditioning so their summer time temperature fluctuates, aswell as night time temperatures in winter as I do not heat them at night. I find if you feed them very well they seem to breed.
 
Elizabeth Freer

Elizabeth Freer

Well-known member
Hi ~

I have brumated all 3.5 of my adult Oedura castelnaui the last three years and am preparing to brumate them for about 8 weeks during the 2007-2008 season. Temperatures, photoperiods, and food are reduced. Then no feeding for about 8 weeks.

If anyone would like a copy of Jerry Peebles' Brumation Guidelines for Ocs, just send your e-mail addy to me at ElizabethFreer@aol.com. I now have a version that I can send as an attachment.
 
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