Quote Originally Posted by starmom View Post
And so my question: If each snake is different, how can you tell if one is ready to breed who is up past minimum weight but not yet at three winters?
Each snake is different.....and minimum weight is also more personal preference in my opinion, I think 1200 or better is a good mark, others say 1500, SOME lol have bred under 1000 gram females with success. But you have to know your animals. I haven't bred yet, but from talking to other people I have always heard that is you have an awesome feeders who gets close to size them suddenly goes off food, that is her bodies way of getting ready for breeding, so again use personally preference to see if he weight is adequate for her length, and has plenty of fat reserves so that egg laying doesn't take too much of a toll on her. Just my two cents.