Pied Growth Rate

Thanks for everyone's comments - I appreciate the input! :gj:

I have been very lucky mye het pieds are eating like pigs, the female is a very aggressive feeder, the male eat with consistency and will breed any females you pair him with and did so from the first time I paired him up.

As far as Pieds I guess we will see, mine just hatched not long ago but so far both females have already ate twice the males still need to get started.

Wow! Never ever heard of this theory.

Daniel

Thanks, all! My pied girl eats like crazy, and will usually eat even when she's blue - one of my best eaters. She likes her meals hot and on time - every 5 days. Her growth rate has just been kinda slow... :confused:

My two pieds are growing well. The male looks a good year older than he actually is, and bred at barely a year of age. The female was fed minimally before we got her, but since living here has grown considerably and is a garbage disposal! She's a great eater, and even eats when in shed.

That's great - maybe mine will kick into high gear soon! I guess I just have a slow grower - oh well, she's still purdy and I likes her :D

What's not to like?! They are the best! Have you posted pics yet? Hint... hint! hehe

I personally have lots of pied and het pied co-doms. My original female het pied was purchased as a small yearling at around 500 grams. By the age of 30 months old, she produced her first clutch of 9 eggs which produced 4 Pieds. Her second year she produced 8 eggs which also produced 4 pieds. This year she was over 5500 grams and produced a 13 egg clutch which produced 6 Pieds.

Her daughter from her first clutch also produced a fertile clutch of 5 eggs, all of which appear to be Pied by candling. She is roughly 2500 grams before breeding and is just over 3 years old.

One of my 2 year old Pastel het Pieds just laid her first clutch of 4 eggs this year as well.....all of which appear to be Pied by candling. We will know for sure in the next couple of weeks.

My '08 Pewter het Pieds are all growing and feeding great, and we just hatched out another clutch of 0.2 Pewter het pied, 2.1 Pastel het pied, and 1.1 Cinny het pieds.

Just to re-cap, all of my Pied and het Pied animals are great feeders and have done excellent for me over the last few years. It's one reason I've decided to only do Pied combos. I can't get enough.

On as side note, I've had more problems with pastels not feeding than any other morph.....all of my close friends report the same thing. At 800-1000 grams pastels just seem to turn off. When they do resume feeding, it's all live mice only, even those that fed readily on rats and frozen thawed.