Quote Originally Posted by d_virginiana View Post
Yes, all of my babies are Easterns. My point was that if not brumating caused a 20X reduction in litter survival/size then Florida would not have the nice healthy garter population that it does. I'm not saying brumation is not conducive to mating; it certainly is. It's just that I have not heard anything about it causing drastically increased production of ova and sperm, nor have I heard of a 20X increase in litter productivity anywhere else.
If there is evidence for those things I would be interested to read it/hear the experiences. Because saying those things is very different from just saying that brumation increases the likelihood of successful mating.
That was a mistake, I meant that you would just have a greater chance if you did indeed brumate.