Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Pete View Post
I have a female that currently weighs 1250-ish and has had a clutch of three already. I purchased her after she layed. Maturity and size are both important. Nature is awesome though. A younger/smaller girl is unlikely to have a 7+ egg clutch that will endanger her life. She won't be taxed too much. (Or so I'm reading)

I'll be starting the breeding process soon too as a beginner. I'll leave him unnamed, but I'll be taking the advice of a well known breeder: Gather up a pair of breed-ready normals and do a "test run" with them for a year or two before while your higher end morphs are growing. It would sure suck to make the rookie mistakes with your pieds, lavender albinos, blah blah. I get it, the normals are still animals, but mistakes will be made my first time or two--and beyond for that matter--but i will learn from those mistakes and it won't hurt as bad if I make mistakes with $40-$80 hatchlings vs. $500+. Learn the process of ovulation, pre-ov sheds, etc. with this "test" pair. Just a thought to consider. It's what I'll be doing.
Ofcorse that makes sense. I haven't decided on what to buy as of yet to breed, and again i won't be doing so for another year - year and a half at the absolute least. I'll be doing some heavy research on this in my free time in the mean time, but by all means fill me in on your experience as you go!