there are 2 major cons for breeding young females. The first and probably the one that is most threatening is a smaller female that has good fat reserves to make big eggs is getting egg-bound with her first clutch. this could kill her at worst or possibly make her unable to produce eggs in the future. the second problem would be in a female taking vital fat reserves and depleting her body of calcium for egg development and possibly causing her to have a smaller max size as an adult as that is a crucial time for growth. With that said in the wild a female that is born in a bumper year of rodents in africa could easily make it to breeding size by her second winter and if she would let a male hook up with her she could produce eggs. Like I said, i've heard of females breeding and producing decent sized clutches at less than a year so a 2 year female can surely have good eggs and it not be a problem. I know I have a few 05's that are on track to make it to the 06/07 breeding rotation. My outline for a breeding female is if it is less than 3 years old it better be at least 1600gm, if it is 3 years or older they can be 1300-1400 and get put in the rotation. Each breeder has to make their own decisions on what is best for their animals and themselves and it is wrong for anyone to say they are wrong as long as the animals aren't harmed in the end.
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Josh Hutto

J&K Reptiles





2.3 het pied (RDR, alan bosch x 2, BHB x 2)

1.0 Spider Ball python (Ballroom pythons south)

1.0 Vanilla Ball Python (Gulf Coast)

0.1 High Contrast Albino (Gulf Coast)

1.1 het albino (ben siegel, Gulf Coast)

1.2 het citrus ghost(Gulf Coast line)

1.0 citrus ghost (Gulf Coast line)

1.1 graz pastel female

Alot of normal BP females (some not so normal)

2 various corns

0.1 brazilian rainbow boa (alan bosch)

1.0 american pit bull terrier

1.1 taco dogs (ankle biters)

1.0 grey cat

0.1 bearded dragons



a BAD dog is MADE not bred, support the American Pit Bull Terrier as the greatest breed of dogs on Earth!!!!!

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