Certainly there are differences of opinion on this but in my limited experience balls will either breed or they will not and it doesn't hurt to try.



If she is still feeding well I’d keep feeding her for two months and figure the increased chance of producing at the bigger weight offsets and decrease due to running late (I’m not going to start trying to breed any of mine for another month or so anyway).



I had one lay at 1340 grams this year (all others that small have failed to lay for me) and she is now up over 1,800 grams for next year. Her clutch sucked, only 4 eggs and two where 2/3 size and went bad. I also suppose she might have been bigger by now if I hadn't bred her (but then again maybe she wouldn't have eaten as well). Had one of her two babies been an albino I would say for sure I did the right thing but as it is I can say I'm glad that one of her two 2003 offspring was a female possible double het snow that I have started growing a year earlier than if I had waited.



So, if it where me, for what it may or may not be worth, I would keep feeding her for a bit and then go for it.

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