runts?

Im curious, what do breeders do with the runts of clutches? and when the runts grow up do they stay on the small side or do they grow to normal size? would breeding two runts together produce slightly smaller than normal sized balls or is that just random?

I dont remember who said it or where i heard it, not in every case but alot of the time runts have something special going on.

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Originally Posted by Ladydragon

Im curious, what do breeders do with the runts of clutches? and when the runts grow up do they stay on the small side or do they grow to normal size? would breeding two runts together produce slightly smaller than normal sized balls or is that just random?

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They catch up to all the others just fine.

hhmm.. Juddb I hope you can remember where you heard or read that, as I am really curious to find out.

pfan151 - thanx. I had a feelling that most would catch up, just thought it might be interesting to get a ball that doesn't get as large as normal.

Not special as in runt=morph. But just being special animals. That doesnt make sense i shouldnt have said it.

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Originally Posted by juddb

Not special as in runt=morph. But just being special animals. That doesnt make sense i shouldnt have said it.

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heh if runt=morph that would be shweet, but i get what you mean. To me it would be special to have a "dwarf" ball python. I think that would be kewl.

Well, VPI had some mini axanthics in Daytona. Wish I knew how they made those!

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Originally Posted by SarahMB

Well, VPI had some mini axanthics in Daytona. Wish I knew how they made those!

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Mini as in small adults or mini as in really small runts? Interested in seeing these mini axanthics.

They were very small babies, and Dave said they would be smaller than normal adults.

that would be interesting to see. i wonder if the principal of breeding for size in mammels also works with reptiles?