Quote Originally Posted by Jay_Bunny View Post
My het pied is the biggest of the the three males. He is nearing 500g and should be there next weigh in. I would like to breed him to Akina this season. I could possibly produce my own het pied females (I know there is only a small chance) and breed them back to him in a few years. Should I wait till he is around 600 and up?

With the pastel, I'm going to move him back to his original tub tonight and leave him alone for a week as advised and see if this helps. If I can get him to start eating, I have an '06 in his future (she is around 800g, so she has quite a while to go).
Honestly, I think that he would be fine. Most of my males kept eating most of the way through breeding season, so they put on some weight. I did feed them smaller meals though. My males were between 700 and 1000 grams last breeding season, and all did fine. If I were you, I would wait until this winters breeding season before putting them together. Most females start producing follicles during this season. If you put them together now, and she isn't producing any follicles, then she won't become gravid. I would wait until around November to introduce your male.

Good luck.