Quote Originally Posted by littleindiangirl View Post
We bred one of our 06 girls at around 1400 grams last Feb. She gave us 4 good eggs this year and is back on track eating and I'm hoping to gauge if she is receptive to a male early in 09.

We also bred our 1500 gram female (WC gravid- unknown age), and she gave us 5 good eggs, one tiny weird veined boob egg and one slug.

Both of these females went off feed on their own accord. We did not cool them, introduce males, hold food.... NOTHING. They began to produce follicles, remained off feed, hugged the cool side of the tub, so we took that oppurtunity to see if they were receptive to a male, and they took.

They were bred for a few months, from Feb-April. We got eggs in early June (Jun 5), they all hatched in September.

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So, it's worth it to step back and let the females tell YOU when they are ready to breed rather than relying on their weight as the key decider in whether or not they want or can breed and lay successfully.

i totally agree with this final statement.