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How long should I brumate for?

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Demonique

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I've got a pair of corns, a three year old female whose '06 babies are now 5mths and a 18-24mth old male (not the babies' father, the female was serviced by a male in my local reptile shop).

How long should I brumate for? I started reducing the temperature in mid December (turning the timer down four hours every 2 days). Should I start increasing the temperature now?

How long should the female be experiencing normal temperatues before I introduce the male to her?
 
Don't increase the temps yet. Brumate for 2-3 months. After that, gradually warm up the temps. Offer them a smaller than normal prey item. Then after they've eaten and digested that you can start to offer them normal prey. I then wait until the female has her post-brumation shed before I introduce them. Waiting until after her shed also gives her time to pack on a little more weight.
 
Many breeders brumate their corns for 8 weeks. A minimum of 4 weeks has had successful results. You can brumate up to 3 months, but that really isn't necessary.
 
So I should start increasing temperatures mid-February?

I was originally going to brumate three corns, one was not going to be used for breeding but I had no where to put 'him' whilst the other two brumated. The male breeder developed a skin complaint on the underside of his tail before his vent so I decided to bring him into the local reptile shop for advice on my way home from college (yes I brought him into college). I was going to put him in a box and use a heat mat and brought the other two corns along as they all shared the heat mat and I felt it would have been unfair on he other two to deprive them off their heat mat.

Ben looked at the male and recommended something for his tail (was fine next time he shed). I asked him to look at the other 'male' because I read in Kathy Love's book that it was not a good idea to buy a corn with a squishy belly and this one had a squishier belly than the other two. It turned out that the 'male' was full of eggs. I only thought 'he' was a he because before I got my definate male I saw Frodo chasing Jool around the tank and rubbing her body on Jool and assumed that she was trying to mate with Jool and was hence a male.

Frodo wasn't put into hibernation and hopefully when I go back up to college tonight she'll have had her pre-lay shed which means eggies within the next two weeks!
Hopefully they will be fertile
 
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