Quote Originally Posted by Mettle View Post
Given that she's so young and rather small, are you not worried - given the annecdotal evidence to suggest such a thing from many breeders around the world - that this female may clutch small (say 3 eggs?) and continue to do so indefinitely.

While I get why people sometimes attempt this because of excitement, it's really more to the detriment of the animal, is it not? Size isn't the only thing that matters when breeding. A certain level of physical maturity in the animal is also necessary, I would think.

Best of luck with your projects though.
It won't hurt the animal at all. If it can, it will lay eggs and be fine. As for the small clutch for life theory...BG hasn't noticed it himself, but he's looking into it.

Let me ask you a question. If a male happened upon this female in the wild, don't yah think he would try to get his groove on? Or would he say, nope, gonna wait till you're bigger next year?