Posted by:
eric adrignola
at Fri Apr 21 14:31:36 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by eric adrignola ]
Veiled's growth rates vary even within a single clutch - runts excluded. Veileds will reach normal adult size regardless of their growth rate, as long as they are not fed so little that they become stunted, of course. It's just that they could be fed to grow so fast they mature in 5-6 months, or slowly enough that they aren't ready to breed until 12 months.
I remember, years ago, the slogan was "baby to baby in 12 months". It's amazing how many wholesalers bred these things that quickly, and incubated them at high temperatures to hatch faster. They were literally hatching out, growing up fast, mated at 4-5 months of age, laying eggs, which were incubated close to 90 degrees, which woudl hatch out within a year from the parent's birthday!
I'm happy having eggs hatch 20 months after a female is born!
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