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 #2088653


Hskrborn
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 Cooling period

hey all when do you start cooling geckos for next season breeding. i know it has to be soon just wanted to know when you guys start the cool down and for how long.


Bill
10/26/09  12:10am

 #2088715


FelixatNJ
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   Message To: Hskrborn   In reference to Message Id: 2088653


 Cooling period

Depending on how many females are still laying after the season ends. I usually cool down around early November and i slowly reheat them toward late December. If I’m cooling the geckos at all. I usually only cool them, if i keep them in a group.



10/26/09  07:35am

 #2088758


Snakesgalore
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   Message To: FelixatNJ   In reference to Message Id: 2088715


 Cooling period

i havent coold my geckos yet but it dosnt hurt to give them a break every now and then if you want to do the cool down period just start to lower the lighting and heat down every week by a hour then in late december so the opposite bring it up a hour every day just remember if you do cool them down feed them a lil less every time cuz if they go off and sleep for a long time then the food will sit in their stomach and rot making them very sick and costing you a lot of money in vet bills
10/26/09  12:22pm

 #2088919


Hskrborn
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   Message To: Snakesgalore   In reference to Message Id: 2088758


 Cooling period

all of my females were first season and have stopped laying for about 2 months now. should i cool them?, or just keep the heat on and breed them again in Jan.?

Bill
10/26/09  11:27pm

 #2088920


Snakesgalore
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   Message To: Hskrborn   In reference to Message Id: 2088919


 Cooling period

it depends on te person iv never coold them but others will its really up to you



10/26/09  11:35pm

 #2088928


BooByVu
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   Message To: Hskrborn   In reference to Message Id: 2088919


 Cooling period

Hey all, this is just my opinion here.
My breeders are kept on a different rack so temps are different from non breeders.
Any girl that is still laying (i have 2 left) I keep in the non breeder rack so that temps are up. This keeps them eating and laying normally. Any adults that I am planning on breeding is now being cooled. Not by much though. Only 2-3 degrees. I want them to continue eating and stay fat and chunky. Cooling too much with make your males sluggish and not want to breed. Cooling just tells your females to start ovulating. Ofcourse you can get females to breed without cooling but this has worked for me and Im sticking with it ;)
I will be bumping the heat back up at the end of January. Even during the cool down, I have had females lay eggs that is why I dont drop temps that much. I actually have a female that is already looking gravid and might lay before December lol
10/27/09  12:15am

 #2088932


Snakesgalore
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   Message To: BooByVu   In reference to Message Id: 2088928


 Cooling period

that would be cool the wife was telling me she thinks one of our geckos looks gravid but i thinks shes just fat lol i think i might check them out tomorrow 2 see whats going on with her
10/27/09  12:23am

 #2088941


BooByVu
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   Message To: Snakesgalore   In reference to Message Id: 2088932


 Cooling period

Yeah its a bit harder to tell on females that are around 70+ grams when they become gravid. The small whites circles will tell you when shes ready to breed unless she is living with the male, cause then she will get fertilized soon heheh
10/27/09  12:47am

 #2089018


Snakesgalore
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   Message To: BooByVu   In reference to Message Id: 2088941


 Cooling period

i know i cant wait lol i like seeing the eggs and then hatchlings
10/27/09  11:39am


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