I wish you luck with this Gregg. My experience is like yours, second clutch are no different then first clutch animals.

There is a point, if an animal is unhealthy then do not purchase it, it doesn't matter what clutch its from.

My experience is, even those rare dwarfs, grow fast and strong, as soon as you get them out of the egg. As you know, snakes can lay small eggs or large eggs, which is somewhat reflected in hatchling size. How they respond after hatching is the same, but that depends on husbandry.

These folks with problems, have marginal husbandry, then blame the animals. That is the problem.

Its odd and against all common sense, they talk of putting them in boxes where the box is no longer then the animal, then wonder why it does poorly. Or better yet, some do poorly.

Heres something I have noticed about hogs, they crap a lot and do not like dirty cages. Some other species, like kings, its not a problem. Oh, they only crap a lot if they eat a lot. So its kinda a vicious circle. But they seem to stop feeding if you do not clean the cage. Is this true?

To the folks with think second clutch individuals are poor choices. As I have mentioned, Average husbandry only supports average animals. Good husbandry supports all but the dead animals. I like Gregg, have not had problems with second clutch individuals, or premies, or dwarfs. Of NOTE, those are extremely rare if you support your animals.

Also of note, in nature they hatch at a range of sizes, from tiny 4 inch individuals, to almost five inches. Also of note, I picked up a tiny almost four inch individual Dec. 31 of last year and its almost 14 inches and sexually mature now. Best wishes

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