Randy,

Have you checked Zeus for sperm plugs? At 425 grams and less than 5 months old that wouldn't be my first thought but it might be possible. Not sure if I would risk a female bombing on such a small male even if he looked and acted ready but maybe you could follow him up with your 2nd choice and then look for babies that look like Zeus. Or maybe switch back and forth between him and your test run normal male on that female that is already breeding and see if you get any stripe belly females in 2004. Might be fun to try and see just how early they can go. I’ve got an apx. 850 gram 1+ year male that doesn’t seem to be producing sperm yet but fortunately he is still hammering food so I’ll get him to 1,000 grams before cooling him and giving him a try. It might vary a lot between individuals.