I would say well fed females have no problem producing by their second winter. There are always exceptions when you have a female that refuses a lot of meals, but usually, you can get them up to 1200-1500 grams no problem. I would say it is not out of the question for a 500 gram female to still produce by next year, sometimes females go crazy this time of year and can put on 500-1000 grams in a few months no problem. However, I would say it is unlikely to happen until spring.
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• female breeding size...gotta hear this.. - bpconnection, Sun Jul 2 09:34:02 2006
• RE: female breeding size...gotta hear this.. - dnreptiles, Sun Jul 2 09:44:55 2006
• No way! np - jmartin104, Sun Jul 2 13:22:24 2006
• RE: female breeding size...gotta hear this.. - goose82, Sun Jul 2 13:49:03 2006
• RE: female breeding size...gotta hear th - rwoodyer, Sun Jul 2 14:05:30 2006
• RE: female breeding size...gotta hear th - ssnakes, Sun Jul 2 19:18:24 2006
• RE: female breeding size...gotta hear th - joshhutto, Sun Jul 2 21:44:35 2006
• RE: female breeding size...gotta hear th - ronin1360, Sun Jul 2 23:07:20 2006
• RE: female breeding size...gotta hear th - joshhutto, Mon Jul 3 00:03:09 2006
• Thanks Josh! n/p - ronin1360, Mon Jul 3 18:45:33 2006