I don't mean to sound short with you, but I don't think that ANY 1150 gram ball should even be given 4!! small rats.....thats a lot of food for any ball. I bred my mojave this past year and she was 1500-1600 grams empty and she only laid 5 eggs....afterwords she was skinny as a tooth pick and I will not be able to use her this year. She is only 1100 right now, so they loose a LOT!! of weight do to breeding....I would give it another 6-12 months if I were you. And stop power feeding. I would say 2 small rats a week would be plenty for her to reach a breed-able weight. Remember......[bleep] in-[bleep] out. The more [bleep] you put into your breeding the more [bleep] your going to get out of it.



[bleep] In=breed her now=get few eggs.



[bleep] Out=she wont be able to breed the year after, and possibly not for 2 years after.



OR....Wait it out=get more eggs=possibly feed her back up for the following year..............good luck, and take this post with a small grain of salt....I am having a bad week....



Matt Z.

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