BP weight "categories"?

[towelie4365]

How would you categorize your bp's by weight?

For example (I'm just making a rough guess here):

Hatchling	0-200g
Sub-adult	200-1000g
Adult	1000g+

Does this vary between males and females? I ask this since males can start breeding at half the weight of a female, and are generally smaller as adults.

And as a side question, what weight do you usually start breeding your females at?

[Gerardo]

I was wondering the same thing.

[BHReptiles]

Good question. I think the "categories" are at the owner's discretion. For me, I call a hatchling anything under about 300g. My "sub adults" are anything from 300g to ___ and my adults are roughly 1500g and breedable (at least for females). There's a lot of overlap too. Most of my collection is 4-600g and I consider them subadults. I do have one 2000g girl and she's what I call an "adult".

As for what age do you start breeding females, most will tell you no sooner than 1500g. If you have the experience, you can breed sooner.

[Gerardo]

My normal male is 535 grams

[BHReptiles]

My normal male is 535 grams

I would consider him a sub-adult/juvenile. But then again...it's really a matter of preference.