do blues hybernate.

[chriswizz]

just wandering as been reading threads on here & other forums. do i need to hybernate my blues, or will they just refuse to go down, there still young approx 18 months, male & female,hoping to breed them in the future. heres the but, i read on a forum that a female tegu becomes sterile for the rest of her life if she misses a hybernation is this true, if so does the same rule aply to the blues, has any one out there succesfully bred there blues without hybernation im confused.

 

[Riplee]

Blues could hibernate by adjust the temp and light cycle.
They will hibernation but not necessary.

And I let my blue hibernation just as mine Arg Black and White...

 

[kellen.watkins]

A guy named dave on this site bred his blues and they never hibernated. My hybrid didn't ever hibernate either just slowed down. I don't think I've ever heard of blues hibernating but don't quote me on that.

 

[TeguBuzz]

My blue slowed down drastically for about a month and a half. He's up and active now, and has been for a few weeks. I've heard the whole if they don't hibernate, females become sterile for life deal, and I think it's false. I think it depends.

 

[laurarfl]

no, a female doesn't become strerile if she misses a hibernation cycle. The shortened photoperiod and cooler temps of winter and then the longer days, warmer temps stimulate hormonal changes that signify readiness to breed, follicle production, etc.

 

[chelvis]

My blue has slowed down some winters, hibernated others and has been awake through some.

Its only really the hibernation before the breeding season that is really important, ie if you were going to breed this year. The slow down period helps bring about the hormonal changes.

 

[chriswizz]

Thanks guys, i didnt hybernate them this year as i wanted to bulk them up. at least i know now that it wont get in the way of my future breeding plans, so if i turn temps down, shorten basking light hour, then just leave them to what comes naturally. as i struggle to get my house temps below 18c any way, is that to warm for hybernation. thought it was a bit strange that missing a hybernation would make a female permanently sterile.

 

[Rhetoric]

I have a hybrid, I was told that hes brumated his first couple winters. This is the first winter I've had him and he's been going back and forth. I'm sure if I kept the lights off he'd go down completely. He seems to go down for almost a week, come up for a day or two, then go back to sleep. He's eating less than once a week, I try to feed him but he doesn't seem too interested.