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RE: Got to stop the misinformation..

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Posted by: Gregg_M_Madden at Fri Jul 26 06:47:44 2013   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Gregg_M_Madden ]  
   

I am not sure what other "breeders" said that second clutch hatchlings somehow do not grow as fast or do as well as hatchlings from first clutches but it is a bunch of BS to be honest. You say your experience with this is limited with this. How limited are we talking? And who are these other breeders? Is their experience "limited" as well with this?

I have seen nothing to suggest that double clutches are weaker or that the hatchlings are not as fit as first clutch hatchlings and my experience is NOT limited when it comes to this.

I apologize now if I sound rude or sound a bit like a jerk. I do not mean to come off that way, but I can not allow unfounded information like that to just be said and then snowball. This is how bad information somehow becomes part of how some people do things and sets reptile keeping and proper husbandry back a few years.

Now what, are people going to start asking breeders if the hatchlings they sell are first or double clutched hatchlings because they think that second clutch hatchlings are not as good?

And in all honesty, If you are seeing an issue like that, this means your post lay care and husbandry after the first clutch might me lacking, which is not really a problem with double clutch fitness, is it.

Again, I have seen NO difference between first and second clutches when it comes to hatchling fitness.

   

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