I use to leave the females in with the colony, but about two years ago I began to seperate the pregnant females and put them in their own seperate cage. When I started doing that I saw a huge increase in yield. I think when a female is allowed to have her babies with the colony you will see that some of the babies will die or get eaten. When the female is allowed to have her litter all by herself the survival rate increases big time. I have not done a study, but my observation is that when females are allowed to have their babies in their own cage the yield increases by 20 to 30 %.

Good luck


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Brian Gundy

www.for-goodness-snakes.com

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