Quote Originally Posted by jkobylka View Post
Without reading all the prevous posts...

I have produced from 1100g females before, had nice hatchlings... And still regretted it. Reason: I feed her back up really hood and if I'm lucky she get up to 1300-1400g for the next season. So I get another tiny clutch from her. The same goes for the next season.

Point is that I have jumped the gun and now I'll fall behind in the long run as the bigger girls are giving normal and large clutches.


Justin
Hi Justin, thanks for you insight. From my understanding, what you described seems to be the consensus. Breeding smaller females can be done, but may not be the best in the long run not because their health but because it will take longer for them to start laying large clutches.