During this breeding season, I planned to try to breed some hybrids we produced in the past to some blues to see if this brings out any highlights. The diversity I have seen with the hybrids has been very interesting. For example the female hybrid mating the blue male is from the same clutch as the hybrid male mating the albino blue female. I kept them back because of how unique they were. Hopefully these pairings prove out and it would be very exciting to see how the babies develop. In my opinion this is the best part of breeding: picking some animals with very nice characteristics and seeing if those genes carry on to the offspring.

Wednesday was only in the 50s in the morning but many of the tegus were out absorbing the sun's heat. With the night getting below 40 I topped of all the hides with hay which will hopefully be useful bedding for future breeding.

Most tegus still have their thick shed from brumation. Some are slowly beginning to eat but most are just picking and not eating with their normal vigor. As the temperature gets warmer and daylight increases this should quickly change and hopefully breeding will commence.