Hey All

Thanks for the great replies.

So I think we all agree that keeping records and acting accordingly is the name of the game here.

But "acting accordingly" is also up for debate......

What are your thoughts on acceptable monthly/annual weight gain?

Some may say that they want their females breeding by their second winter, this may be when the females are 18 months old, to do this weight gain would need to be around 100g per month(if you breed at 1800g). That is quite a lot, too much imo.

Some may want their females breeding by their 3rd winter (30 months), so weight gain to 1800g would be around 60g per month. This I feel is healthier for the animal.

In this situation it looks like we have to work backwards, target age/weight first and then how much weight required to be put on to get there.

So what are you thoughts on 'healthy' monthly weight gain? Again it'd be great to hear from the experienced keepers who have kept balls for a long time, but comments from all keepers would be appreciated....