Is she two or three years old? If two, probably best not to double clutch her. If three, she might go on and do it anyway, so you might as well put her with a male in case.



yes, you need to feed her & rebuild her strength and resources some. Mine generally will take food within 24 hours of laying. If you want to minimize the chance of her double clutching, feed only moderately. If you want to increase the chances of it, feed aggressively.



If you decide to try, you just have to put the female wit hte male periodically and see what happens. When they're ready, they're ready, and there's not much you can do to change that. I've had females start breeding a week after laying and their next shed is their prelaying shed for the second clutch; and i've had females wait until after they'd shed again to begin breeding, and then the shed following that--the second shed after the first clutch' prelaying shed--is the prelay shed for the second clutch.



hope that makes sense.



terry

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