Quote Originally Posted by racinstrat View Post
I fully intend on breeding her and I guess that was what my under lying question was to begin with, is this her going into breeding mode?
My answer is probably not going to be real helpful. All healthy happy females are in breeding mode. Reproduction is the primary function of all animals. A good appetite on a properly sized female is my first indication that she is probably going to be ready to go. That said my females are done for the year and have already been bred. The first clutch was laid two weeks ago. You are not going to know her cycle until she actually starts to breed since there is no set period other than the ones we try to create. Most of my girls started slamming rats around October. I introduced males on Thanksgiving day. I bred six females this year. Two not before late December. Four went off food around the beginning of January. The other two went off food last month. The way things look now I will get a total of five clutches this season. In short you have to know your animals and watch the signs. The only way you will know any of this for sure is breed yourself for a season and document everything that happens or work with someone that has already gone through a couple seasons and can read your animals.