Good morning, everyone,

I tried searching for this topic, but wasn't exactly sure how to phrase my search. Everything that came up was kind of jumbled or didn't have the exact information I was curious about.

Right now I am waiting (as patiently as I can) for my baby Pied. He hatched out in May and has been with my good friend who bred him. She is holding onto him to get him firmly established on F/T for me. Him and his brother hatched out smaller than their female siblings, so the females are ready to go, but the two boys are requiring another meal or two.

Obviously I'm very happy with the pride my breeder takes in making sure her babies are eating well, putting on weight, taking F/T and generally looking good. I really am trying to be patient, haha. But each week seems like such a drag.

She said my hatchling is currently hovering around 89g. But she wants to wait until he's around 100g before he comes to my place, which I said I'm fine with. Mainly because she's making sure he's taking his F/T rats like a good boy so I have less problems down the road.

So I suppose I'm curious:

When do you guys feel comfortable either selling or buying a hatchling? Are there certain criteria that you hold that each hatchling has to pass before you send them off? A few meals? A certain weight? Number of sheds? Or just a gut feeling?

I see people that are picking up hatchlings smaller than the one I'm purchasing. So I'm just curious as to what the general concensus seems to be on the topic.

When do you feel comfortable with a hatchling being sold?