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Vickie Lizard · Key Member Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Wales

My freind has an corn, and she says she cant breed from her, untill shes been "Seasoned", which she describes as giving them a spring, summer, winter, autumn (not in that order!), with differences in temp and photo periods, is this true?
I would have thought that if a reptile is kept at the right conditions, it will reproduce when its good and ready, no matter what you do???! (Or is that my inexperiance shining through again?! Rolling Eyes

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Ailurus · Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject:

to stimulate breeding in corns you must brumate them, this involves lowering the temperature and decreasing food, technically producing a 'winter'.

for more info look here: http://www.vmsherp.com/LCBreedingCorns.htm

hope it helps
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JohnC · Key Member Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 219 Location: UK

Not quite true to say that you must brumate corns, I don't brumate mine and they breed anyway. I have eggs in incubation as usual.
Quite a few other people breed corn successfully without brumation.
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cass · Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 8:40 pm Post subject:

I to have got friends who dont brumate there corns and they breed ok every year Very Happy

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peaches · Posted: Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:16 pm Post subject:

I don't brumate mine either. When spring comes, I start to make their enclosures a bit more humid, spraying with tepid water. I do this for a few days before I introduce them.
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Scott W · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:42 am Post subject:

claireburniston · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 11:29 am Post subject:

I dont brumate my corns.....

I only put my first pair together this year and i have some eggs in the incubator
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Vickie Lizard · Key Member Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Posts: 240 Location: Wales

Wow, thanks guys! I`ll tell my mate, shes got a corn that she wouldnt mind getting a male for!
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1.1.7 Bearded Dragons
1.0.0 Brown Anole
1.1.0 Viatnamese Gliding Frogs
1.2.0 Emperor Scorpions
+ lots of bugs!
Its always better to ask for forgiveness, than to ask for permission!!

Ailurus · Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2007 8:51 pm Post subject:

oops i didn't realise i slipped the word 'must' in their, lol.

yeh wot they said
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JohnC · Key Member Joined: 04 Jan 2005 Posts: 219 Location: UK

I will say Tom that brumating can improve the chance of breeding, especially with males. How much the chance improves is open to question but it does not seem to be very much.
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