Are you sure they're breeding 08 FEMALES? That sounds a little far fetched to me. I have definitely seen people breeding 08 males though.

I have an 07 female who is 1227 grams empty (off feed for two months now), and she's about twice the size of a lot of the 07 females I've been seeing for sale lately. Her previous owner was feeding her every three days!!! That's a lot for a girl her size and is undoubtedly part of why she got so big.

So yeah, it's perfectly reasonable to see 07s that could breed next year, but not all 07s are the same. Some people really powerfeed to get them up to breeding size sooner, which I don't agree with. I probably could have bred my girl this year, but I'm not breeding her until she's 1500+ grams. Her health and safety is worth waiting for me.

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