Gormagon
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I have been giving this subject a lot of thought lately. Because Charlie seems to want to try his hand at it aparently, he's such a goof!
It is my understanding that, Burmation is a natural instinct that assures survival.
In the wild they tend to go into burmation as winter sets in and, food gets scarce. If they didn't, they would not fair to well.
Now unless I left something out, this is how I see it.
For mating and egg laying it takes 3 to 5 weeks for each clutch (sometimes up to 3 clutches) = .......1 month+ 1 week
For incubation periods of 6 to 12 weeks depending on the conditions (avg conditions 9 weeks) = 2 months + 1 week
That only leaves 8 1/2 months for a hatchling to survive and go into a 2 to 3 month burmation phase.
This is just my thoughts on this and if you do the math, it's a real tight schedule.
I would like to get some more input on it because am getting a bit concerned about my little brat.
It is my understanding that, Burmation is a natural instinct that assures survival.
In the wild they tend to go into burmation as winter sets in and, food gets scarce. If they didn't, they would not fair to well.
Now unless I left something out, this is how I see it.
For mating and egg laying it takes 3 to 5 weeks for each clutch (sometimes up to 3 clutches) = .......1 month+ 1 week
For incubation periods of 6 to 12 weeks depending on the conditions (avg conditions 9 weeks) = 2 months + 1 week
That only leaves 8 1/2 months for a hatchling to survive and go into a 2 to 3 month burmation phase.
This is just my thoughts on this and if you do the math, it's a real tight schedule.
I would like to get some more input on it because am getting a bit concerned about my little brat.