> In 2002, I bred 3 hondo females after their first sheds, they all

> bred, looked gravid after breeding for a couple weeks, then shed

> again-(pre-egg shed) but none of them layed eggs, they all stayed in

> the nest box but reabsorbed the eggs i guess. Last year, I had the

> same 3 females lay good eggs, I waited till after their 2nd shed for

> all 3 of them and they had good eggs. After seeing your post I made me

> think should I try again now-(most of my females have had their first

> sheds this year) or wait for the 2nd, I guess I'll try things out and

> see what works.

>



thanks for the feedback. let me encourage you to post that to the

forum, too, so your experiences will benefit the whole group.



terry





This was an e-mail I sent Terry, he thought it would be a good idea to post it here, for others to see the results I had. I guess I'm put a couplke females with males today, see how they react, but most likely I'll wait till after their 2nd sheds, since that is what has worked out better for me.

Jeff Teel

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