Well I have heard some horror stories from people about really really small eggs and snakes dying from not being able to pass eggs, and dying from not being able to put the weight back on fast enough. IDK, if there is even a chance of those things happening, I can wait another season to make sure. There is also a lot of greedy breeders that want to see a return on their investment immediately. That does not mean it is the correct way to do things.