A few questions:

1) What's the largest clutch you've ever gotten from a female that was bred for the first time? And how many were good, how many were slugs?
2) How large was this female when bred (in grams)?
3) Also, what species of prey are they feeding on (i.e. mice/rats/other) and how often?
4) What type of prey (live, fresh killed, frozen/thawed) are they feeding on?
5) If you breed your own feeders, what type of rat food do you use (i.e. Mazuri 6F/9F, hog feed, dog food, etc.)?

I had what I thought was an unusually large clutch (10 good eggs) for a first-time mom laid today, so it made me wonder. LOL I wondered if there was ny correlation between the food the rats are given. I've been breeding my own feeders for about 2 years and I've gotten bigger clutches this year (no clutches last year--not sure if that's related to this year's clutch sizes or not). I'm not sure what type of food pet stores fed their rats (probably the cheapest--for them it's all about the almighty dollar) when I was buying from them, but I know what I'm feeding mine. So, I just wondered if anyone else would be willing to take part in this survey (of sorts ) and see if there really is any correlation. Also, I wonder if the battle of frozen/thawed versus live or fresh killed can be somewhat settled here, especially if the larger clutches are also laid from females feeding on f/t, or if the results are about the same either way.

So here's my answers:
1) 10 healthy eggs (no slugs)
2) 1900 grams
3) Rats once per week
4) Frozen/thawed
5) Mazuri 6F