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LinkinParkRulez08
Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,478
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Season Changes/Hibernation(Brumation) Project
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Hello all!
Well I wanted to record my seasonal changes and hibernation project for my my Verrucosus Chameleon pair.
Seasonal Changes: This is the second time I have provided a new "season" for this species. My first season attempt, did result in breeding, but no eggs were produced. The first season I tried, was going from the end of the wet season, to a short dry season, to another wet season. This seasonal change was about a month long. I slowly offered less water (Keep in mind I monitored humidity levels, as well as urate color. I also spray them 2-3 times a day, so I reduced it to one Heavy misting and one light misting, or two medium lengthed sprayings a day. I currently spray them at least twice a day, for 2-3 minutes each time. I alternated the dry season, meaning one day I did two mistings same length of time, and the next I used one longer and one shorter). After about a week and a half to two weeks of doing the actual drier season, I brought them back to a wet season. This triggered breeding behaviors.
The second season I tried was a winter/cooler season. This process took about two months. I slowly lowered temperatures, and food intake. I had lengths of times the lights were on only about two hours shorter than normal. I did this because the room they are in is around 70-73 degrees. By doing it shorter, it didn't get too cold for them.
Hibernation/Brumation Project As I stated earlier in the post, I tried a "winter" season. It was shorter than I think I will do in the future, but did the trick obviously. The whole process took about two months. I slowly reduced food intake, along with basking times, and water intake. They still got plenty to eat, plenty heat to soak up, and plenty of water to drink, I just scheduled it for a precise time. The first misting happened as soon after the lights turned on. The other misting didn't happen until about 30 minutes before the lights went out. During the "winter" season, I used the heavy in the morning and light at night method as described above. After about a month of this, I slowly raised everything back to normal. I also didn't dust as many of the bugs as I normally do. For example, If i feed 10-15 food items, I dust all of them lightly, and I only do this once a week (Calcium w/o d3). I didn't ever supplement with d3 but once, because I had them outside at least 4 times a week, if not the whole week. Instead of doing the whole batch, like said above, I only did about 5 of them. The rest just went in. Overall, it seemed successful, because a day or two after the process was over(today), they bred when introduced. I've introduced them everyday for the past 3 days to try and get them to breed, but they've finally got out of the hibernation/brumation mode.
Thanks for reading!
LPR08
LinkinParkRulez08
Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 2,478
Blog Entries: 1
Season Changes/Hibernation(Brumation) Project
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Hello all!
Well I wanted to record my seasonal changes and hibernation project for my my Verrucosus Chameleon pair.
Seasonal Changes: This is the second time I have provided a new "season" for this species. My first season attempt, did result in breeding, but no eggs were produced. The first season I tried, was going from the end of the wet season, to a short dry season, to another wet season. This seasonal change was about a month long. I slowly offered less water (Keep in mind I monitored humidity levels, as well as urate color. I also spray them 2-3 times a day, so I reduced it to one Heavy misting and one light misting, or two medium lengthed sprayings a day. I currently spray them at least twice a day, for 2-3 minutes each time. I alternated the dry season, meaning one day I did two mistings same length of time, and the next I used one longer and one shorter). After about a week and a half to two weeks of doing the actual drier season, I brought them back to a wet season. This triggered breeding behaviors.
The second season I tried was a winter/cooler season. This process took about two months. I slowly lowered temperatures, and food intake. I had lengths of times the lights were on only about two hours shorter than normal. I did this because the room they are in is around 70-73 degrees. By doing it shorter, it didn't get too cold for them.
Hibernation/Brumation Project As I stated earlier in the post, I tried a "winter" season. It was shorter than I think I will do in the future, but did the trick obviously. The whole process took about two months. I slowly reduced food intake, along with basking times, and water intake. They still got plenty to eat, plenty heat to soak up, and plenty of water to drink, I just scheduled it for a precise time. The first misting happened as soon after the lights turned on. The other misting didn't happen until about 30 minutes before the lights went out. During the "winter" season, I used the heavy in the morning and light at night method as described above. After about a month of this, I slowly raised everything back to normal. I also didn't dust as many of the bugs as I normally do. For example, If i feed 10-15 food items, I dust all of them lightly, and I only do this once a week (Calcium w/o d3). I didn't ever supplement with d3 but once, because I had them outside at least 4 times a week, if not the whole week. Instead of doing the whole batch, like said above, I only did about 5 of them. The rest just went in. Overall, it seemed successful, because a day or two after the process was over(today), they bred when introduced. I've introduced them everyday for the past 3 days to try and get them to breed, but they've finally got out of the hibernation/brumation mode.
Thanks for reading!
LPR08
