"The Indigos which are coming from inbreedings stay smaller and getting fat."

i'm hoping that others will chime in here and offer evidence to the contrary of what Juergen is stating.

both of my '02 (1.1) couperi have slowed their growth considerably. they are both ~3.5' long and bulky, bordering on fat. i never power fed and have varied their diet as much as i dared (i avoided any live fish, frogs, and reptiles). i'm beginning to think that they are destined for the dwarfism that has been discussed of late.

their appetite has plummeted in the last 3 months from voracious feeders, hitting their food before it touched the ground to "well, okay i'll eat it if you want me to."

i suspected my pair was from inbred stock, but i'm sure hoping that more length growth is in their future.

matt

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• Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Fred Albury, Fri Jan 7 13:45:21 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - daveb, Sat Jan 8 09:57:18 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Hypoboas, Sat Jan 8 15:21:23 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - mrand, Sat Jan 8 18:08:25 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - steve fuller, Sun Jan 9 19:19:44 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Hypoboas, Tue Jan 11 02:49:45 2005
• Perhaps this will help... - Doug T, Tue Jan 11 19:18:34 2005
• Yet another example........................ - fred albury, Fri Jan 14 08:56:21 2005
• My reply... long - Eric East, Sat Jan 8 15:33:54 2005
• sorry about the scrunched text... - Eric East, Sat Jan 8 15:37:18 2005
• Also - Eric East, Sat Jan 8 15:41:36 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . .Phenomenal! - BlueKing, Sun Jan 9 18:29:06 2005
• Thanks to all of you for taking the time to answer..... - Fred Albury, Mon Jan 10 13:36:11 2005
• RE: Thanks to all of you for taking the time to answer..... - Eric East, Mon Jan 10 16:11:33 2005
• RE: Thanks to all of you for taking the time to answer..... - mrand, Mon Jan 10 20:33:54 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - frankdunham, Tue Jan 11 09:25:04 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - frankdunham, Tue Jan 11 09:31:40 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - Eric East, Tue Jan 11 21:35:26 2005
• RE: Growth rates on D,c. couperi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - erichart, Sun Jan 16 14:36:49 2005