Fred-



I also have an awesome male purchased from you (Cadillac progeny ?)
I purchased him in October of 2001 and he was quite young.
I purchased a female from EBV in January 2002 who was about the same age as the male (judging from what I was told from both sources.)

It became apparent right away that even though both had similar appetites, he was going to grow quicker. 3 years later she is still much smaller. (He is now 68", she is 41"

I also am beginning to wonder about dwarfism. I am concerned about ever breeding her. I doubt that in a year (the 4 year mark) that she will be large enough to breed with him without just being a snack for him. After reading all the egg-bound horror stories recently, I also wonder how robust the female needs to be to breed.
It seems possible that one can't expect much more effort than 2-3 breedings including a rest in between. (I wonder if there are differences in the wild -this shorter window of fertility in the female's life could certainly further contribute to a thinning population).

Best,

-Eric Hartshorn (aka- erichart)

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