Weight to start selling babies?

What is the general weight everyone is comfortable with selling their babies? Me personally I feel around 250g should be established enough, but I've seen birth weight babies being sold and was just wondering what the consensus is?


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Usually breeders make sure the hatchlings have had at least 3 good sized meals in then before they sell.
that seems to be the most common.
Normally babies would be around 70-80g at that stage.

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I'd like to know as well, as I am still learning here. Haven't had my clutch yet, and when I do, I will happily post my cherry being popped on here lol.

At 200g you're going to have your babies for at least a year or more before you sell. You don't have to wait near as long if you don't want to.

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Originally Posted by mues155

At 200g you're going to have your babies for at least a year or more before you sell. You don't have to wait near as long if you don't want to.

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Takes that long?


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I don't go by weight. They have to have had three consecutive meals with no refusal.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

I don't go by weight. They have to have had three consecutive meals with no refusal.

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What weight does that usually get you to though?... Out of curiosity.


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I brought home 2 females from the last expo from the same breeder. He said they were eating well on live for him and they took f/t for me right away. One was 56g and the other was 78g.

Like robin said. Most people make sure they have 2-3 meals without refusing. Its not so much by weight as each baby will grow at their own rate.

It depends on the hatch weight. Some babies will hatch at 50 grams, some at 90 grams. So weight is not a reliable indicator of feeding. Once a baby eats three times in a row, with no refusal, it's ready to be sold.

Yes, people do sell babies that are just out of the egg and have not fed at all, which is a practice I frown on. To me, a reputable breeder will take the time and care to be sure a baby is feeding before it is sold. Someone with little or no experience with starting a hatchling may never get a baby to feed and it will slowly starve to death.

But, regardless of weight, if a baby has eaten at least three times in a row, I feel it is ready to be sold.

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