Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
That's what others have said.
I've never seen it in my radix population. They seem to breed within days of coming out of brumation. No shed required.
Different species will behave differently. I haven't seen any breeding behavior in my concinnus' straight out of brumation. After a few days out, they just want to eat a lot. The breeding seems to come a while later, especially after the female sheds. Judging from when the wild ones have their babies, they're doing the same thing in the wild, breeding about a month after they emerge. The northwesterns come out in huge masses and start breeding right away.