Should I breed her?

@rigomez
Nice animal--don't know if it's the lighting, but there is a nice yellow glow.

Just to ask, so you haven't gotten her to eat at all under her care? I didn't want to assume off of your first post.

If not, I'd still hold off. Maybe even play it safe and see if you can get a vet to check her. Breeding puts stress on the animal, so it's better to play it towards safe than worry all those months that she might lay and then not eat at all, or do worse than that.

If so, for me, it's a toss up... it depends on the temps in your area (I don't know if you live in Australia, for example, and that's why she stopped eating in July). I still like to play it safe, since I value the snake's health more than I do the possible hatchlings.

I personally wouldn't breed a girl that hasn't been eating. Missing a few meals sure, but not enough that they have noticeably lost weight.

I think there are people here that have given their opinion and may be lacking some hands on experience when it comes to breeding which is ok but I will point out the obvious here: Recommended optimum age and weight is one thing however we are talking about something different here we are talking about an animal that has loss over 25% of it's body weight in less than 6 months.

Now I can't tell you what YOU should do because ultimately it's your animal and you will do what you want.

What would I do? Well I would not breed this animal until it's back to it's original weight and it not only a weight number I am aiming for for when I breed it's also a certain look and feel I want for my females, I have pass on breeding 1800 grams girls in the past because they did not feel right.

Now yes sometimes starting pairing a non feeder female will trigger her appetite back however you don't wait for the animal to lose over 25% of it's weight to do that.

I would say no. Personally, if she hadnt eaten since I bought her, I wouldnt be letting her out of quarantine yet, let alone trying to breed her.

I would also wonder what your setup if like? Have you talked to the previous owner about what they fed her/how they kept her?

Thanks everyone. Again, I re-weighed her at 1707 grams and not 1430. I must have done something wrong when I zeroed out the scale when i weighed her previously.

I will hold out on breeding until she has a few meals and some weight put back on. Hopefully she will end her hunger strike soon.