tub size, one more time

[Mike Cavanaugh]

I know this has come up many times before... what tub size to use...

But this is a more specific question, so please share if you know the answer. If you are one of the "big time breeders" PLEASE answer this directly.

I want to know specificly what the big breeders use for their tub size rule.

Do they all agree for the most part? If they don't all agree, where do they disagree???

[SatanicIntention]

This is what I use and I'm very far from being a "big breeder".

Babies up to 500g can stay in a 6qt if they are still eating and doing fine. Juvies can stay in a 15qt up to about 900-1000g if they are eating and doing what they should. Adult males and younger females(1000-1500g)all end up in a 32qt unless they are smaller adult males(adult hypo @900g), then they are in 15qts. Most adult females are in 41qt tubs, unless they are shy then they get 32qt tubs. I have some females who are over 2000g in 32qt right now and they are fine

[BChambers]

I don't know your cutoff for "big breeders". We're running over 60 adult balls at the moment, and all thar are over about 1500 gms are in 41 qt tubs (Vision and ARS). As far as I've seen, the really big breeders are using the same size for their adults. I honestly think adult balls would actually tend to not do as well in much larger accomodations-these are secretive animals which in the wild spend most of their time packed tightli in burrows and hollows.