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How to breed hognose in hot climate

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Hi I am considering breeding hognose just on a personal basis. The problem I have is that I live in S Florida and it does not get cold enough consistently in the winter to brumate them. I have considered a converted beverage cooler set up, etc. Would love to hear from hognose breeders all over whom might have ideas. Thanks
 
I have not bred hogs (though I have a pair), but I do breed mountain kingsnakes and rosy boas, and I've been hibernating box turtles for 20 years. I use a dorm fridge on a Ranco thermostat -- works fine. Nothing fancy, just a fridge on a thermostat. It works better than my main hibernaculum, which is a cold room in a fieldstone basement, since I can control temperature more tightly, and I don't have to deal with winter coming too late for my schedule.
 
I've used a wine fridge before and a chest freezer on on a Herpstat thermostat. I had the freezer outside over the winter with heat rope in the bottom and the weather was 95 F in December.... soooo I had to plug the freezer into the thermostat too! Worked great! Freezer set to 57, heater set to 50. My temps were 55 most of the winter.
 
I've only been breeding them for the last 2 years but I've never brumated mine and I've gotten 6 good clutches from them.
 
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