I know size doesn't mean larger babies.

That's why I said larger or more mature female. I've found that my older females normally have larger babies regardless of the litter size. I've also have a few large females that also have larger babies.

This year I had a 9 year old, 6 foot, female give birth to 28 HUGE babies. The smallest one was 20 inches while the largest was 25 inches.

I'm giving her a year off.

So... Can a younger female also give birth to larger babies, if it's a small litter??? I've always thought that larger babies meant they came from a larger or more mature healthy female.

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• Is quality based upon "looks"?....more - PBM, Tue Oct 3 21:38:30 2006
• when I think of a quality animal - mrcanada21, Tue Oct 3 21:56:01 2006
• Idea... - bthacker, Tue Oct 3 22:24:46 2006
• RE: Looks are everything....... - PastelDream, Tue Oct 3 22:20:04 2006
• RE: Looks are everything....... - PBM, Tue Oct 3 22:33:37 2006
• RE: Looks are everything....... - PastelDream, Tue Oct 3 22:51:35 2006
• RE: Confused me on that one.... - PBM, Tue Oct 3 23:07:09 2006
• RE: Confused me on that one.... - PastelDream, Tue Oct 3 23:16:48 2006
• RE: Maybe that's still confusing. LOL... - PastelDream, Tue Oct 3 23:39:10 2006
• RE: Maybe that's still confusing. LOL... - PBM, Tue Oct 3 23:44:48 2006
• RE: Motley's - PastelDream, Tue Oct 3 23:04:14 2006
• RE: LOL, Absolutely...... - PBM, Tue Oct 3 23:13:04 2006
• RE: LOL, try this on...... - PBM, Tue Oct 3 23:29:09 2006
• RE: LOL, try this on...... - PastelDream, Tue Oct 3 23:34:15 2006
• Quality isn't looks... - ChrisGilbert, Tue Oct 3 23:24:03 2006
• RE: As they say on the family fued.... - PBM, Tue Oct 3 23:33:40 2006
• RE: Quality isn't looks... - ajfreptiles, Wed Oct 4 09:13:40 2006
• What if..... - bthacker, Wed Oct 4 09:39:43 2006
• They could be a new breeder... - ChrisGilbert, Wed Oct 4 10:20:51 2006
• RE: My choice......... - ajfreptiles, Wed Oct 4 11:11:43 2006
• Good points.... - bthacker, Wed Oct 4 16:24:05 2006