What's Your Largest First-Time Mom Clutch?

[SnakeGirl3]

Another question I think should be asked is the age of the female. Mine was 18 months old at the start of the season.

Very good question! Mine was approximately 3 years old.

So far, it looks like the general idea for the ~2,000 gram girls' first clutches being the largest was those fed on Mazuri-feeding (or similar) rats. (I personally felt as though an ~2,000 gram girl would normally give about 4-6 eggs for a first clutch, and was certainly happy to see 10 myself. It's not uncommon for me for my 3,000+ gram, seasoned breeder girls to give larger clutches; I have an age unknown ~3,300 gram female that's been bred 3-4 times before that also gave 10 eggs this year.)

And, it also looks like the average between f/t or live (or pre-killed) is about the same--so maybe that is somewhat of a testament to f/t being no less nutritional than the alternative. It looks like it doesn't matter if the females are feeding on live or f/t, they are still producing large clutches regardless. So obviously they are getting proper nutrients either way.

Thanks for all the input so far guys, and keep it coming! I think it's interesting to see. I'm going to try to start a chart to keep up with average clutch size, female size, etc. when I get home (I'm at work now ).