Weight to start selling babies?

[Gomojoe]

What is the general weight everyone is comfortable with selling their babies? Me personally I feel around 250g should be established enough, but I've seen birth weight babies being sold and was just wondering what the consensus is?


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[mues155]

Usually breeders make sure the hatchlings have had at least 3 good sized meals in then before they sell.
that seems to be the most common.
Normally babies would be around 70-80g at that stage.

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[4Ballz]

I'd like to know as well, as I am still learning here. Haven't had my clutch yet, and when I do, I will happily post my cherry being popped on here lol.

[mues155]

At 200g you're going to have your babies for at least a year or more before you sell. You don't have to wait near as long if you don't want to.

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[Gomojoe]

At 200g you're going to have your babies for at least a year or more before you sell. You don't have to wait near as long if you don't want to.

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Takes that long?


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[rabernet]

I don't go by weight. They have to have had three consecutive meals with no refusal.

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[Gomojoe]

I don't go by weight. They have to have had three consecutive meals with no refusal.

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What weight does that usually get you to though?... Out of curiosity.


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[Mike41793]

I brought home 2 females from the last expo from the same breeder. He said they were eating well on live for him and they took f/t for me right away. One was 56g and the other was 78g.

[Raverthug]

Like robin said. Most people make sure they have 2-3 meals without refusing. Its not so much by weight as each baby will grow at their own rate.

[angllady2]

It depends on the hatch weight. Some babies will hatch at 50 grams, some at 90 grams. So weight is not a reliable indicator of feeding. Once a baby eats three times in a row, with no refusal, it's ready to be sold.

Yes, people do sell babies that are just out of the egg and have not fed at all, which is a practice I frown on. To me, a reputable breeder will take the time and care to be sure a baby is feeding before it is sold. Someone with little or no experience with starting a hatchling may never get a baby to feed and it will slowly starve to death.

But, regardless of weight, if a baby has eaten at least three times in a row, I feel it is ready to be sold.

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