No prob!!

I noticed these in baby kings I have purchased before. Also, when I asked questions at breeder's tables before, when I have seen unusually small snakes later on in the year. Some were double clutch babies, and let me tell you, there was a big difference in size on many I saw. Not all, but many. For me, I would like to buy the biggest size baby I am able to. When I bred, I was not concerned with my females to produce second clutch babies, so the females would only have one batch per year, as breeding can be taxing on the female. About quality, not quantity. Well, even though I am not basing all of my comments on this example, one time, one of my kings did produce retained sperm babies, and they were unusually small, not like the kings I produced before. They did fine still, ate good, and I sold them. I don't know how things turned out, but they did seem perfectly healthy, but were just smaller than normal.

I do have a northern pinesnake that was from retained sperm, so she was technically from a second clutch of eggs. She was huge at birth, and grew to breeding size, over 5 feet, in almost less than 2 years. That is an example that shows that she did fine.

So yes, I have seen both examples, and that is why I made the statement that I didn't think it applied for every single second clutch baby. Of course, some pushers on here may get upset, because they are only concerned with sales. Oh well, just an observation.



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