Quote Originally Posted by jsmorphs2 View Post
Not only do you have to worry about her being big enough to pass the eggs (if she does become gravid) but you also need to consider her weight because females expend a lot of energy and nutrients to develop eggs. The risk of loosing your female and a clutch of eggs is extremely high.
Good point. Do you think that a smaller female would have smaller eggs and not as many, so would use the same ratio of energy and nutrients as a larger female that lays larger and more eggs?