With females is bigger, better?

And of course I don't mean over fed or overweight, but would say a 3000+g girl a majority of the time lay more eggs, and/or healthier eggs than a 1700g female with exact same husbandry, diet, etc? Just something that came to my mind. Has anyone had a female on the smaller side lay a nice, LARGE clutch?

I think the larger size is what determines the amount of eggs. Its what can fit in their body cavity/oviduct, combined with avaliable fat stores.
I'm not saying smaller females definitivey can't have large clutches but if they do its likely going to be smaller eggs or perhaps some boob eggs /slugs.
A 3000g+ female can drop, say a 12 egg clutch easier, but a female thats half her size its not really likely just simply due to the avaliable space in her body for eggs and the fact she just may simply not have enough energy stored up to produce a large amount of follicles.

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Originally Posted by kyote19

I think the larger size is what determines the amount of eggs. Its what can fit in their body cavity/oviduct, combined with avaliable fat stores.
I'm not saying smaller females definitivey can't have large clutches but if they do its likely going to be smaller eggs or perhaps some boob eggs /slugs.
A 3000g+ female can drop, say a 12 egg clutch easier, but a female thats half her size its not really likely just simply due to the avaliable space in her body for eggs and the fact she just may simply not have enough energy stored up to produce a large amount of follicles.

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^ This. I had a 1800g virgin drop 7 eggs last year, and her 3100g counterpart gave me 8, but I wouldn't classify either of those as "large" clutches (not that I'm complaining about either!).

I love my giant girls! Better eaters = better breeders... Those giant girls didn't get that way by being picky eaters...

I have noticed that bigger females give you bigger eggs. Last year most of my females were 2500g plus. I took in a gravid female for a buddy who was getting out of the hobby just to wait untill she laid and hatch the eggs for him. I don't know what she weighed before he started breeding but she weighed less than 1000g after laying 6 eggs and a slug. Her eggs were much smaller and the hatchlings were btween 55-60 grams. Most of my hatchlings were around 85-90 grams and seemed to start feeding quicker.