I got my new scale in from the beanfarm today since I lost my other one. There was a few animals I really wanted to weigh, the first one, is a chubby het albino, one who I am really can't wait to breed. She is my big girl. Xena, just a busy patterned normal, is in 2nd place, but she will not be ready till next year.

I pulled the het albino females tub out, she ate last week and for the most part, passed her meal. She was heavy. I placed her on the scale and it read 1462 grams. Feeding her would probably put the scale at over 1500 grams. I read 1500 grams is the target weight to start breeding females. She is 38 grams shy of that mark.

A part of me wants to stick a male in with her to see what happens. I have 4 males that may work... a normal that is a few grams lighter then she is. A het albino male, about 730 grams, a (TSK) het axanthic. I even have a 50% possible het piebald male I can run through her (If I want a long project that may never prove out).

Then to top this off, I plan on having a male in April paid off and in my hands I could run through her. A dom possible het albino that *may* be ready to breed this year. So I kind of want to wait till I get the new male to see if he is breedable, but if he is not, thats time that I could have spent attempting to breed another male to the girl.

So my options are:
1) Stick a male in with the 1462 gram female and see what happens

2) Wait till I get the new male in and hope he is breedable

3) wait for the 09 season when she will be even bigger

If I do option 1, what to place in with her? The obvious choice would be the het male I got, though I am a bit worried she may try to eat him! I could attempt the het axanthic and possible double hets for TSK snow, this would require a lot of hold backs. Attempt the 50% poss het pied and try the long way to prove him out (more hold backs)

If I do option 2 the male may not be big enough to do the trick this season and would require to wait till 09, which would be okay if I hold the female off till 09 cause she will grow, but I may miss producing something this year

If I do option 3, the female should be even bigger for next year.

So I am thinking I should try and go for option 1. I figure if she is breedable, it will happen. I know she is a bit "small" but I figure it may be worth a try. If I stick a male in with her, they will either breed or not. If they do, she will either lay eggs, or will not. If she lays eggs, they will either be good or not. If they are good, they may hatch.

Sorry this was a bit long, just sort of thinking out loud