[...assuming she's not eating anything (or drinking excessively)]

Your female will not gain weight. Her weight will likely get

re-distributed to make her look larger in certain areas, but

without eating or drinking she cannot gain weight.



If your other female is 500g and eating a lot (once or more than

once per week), she can be up to breeding size in the fall of '05

or early '06. Note: My definition of 'breeding size' is any female

that is over ~1400g with great body mass.



In general, larger females will lay larger clutches. But not

always! My experience has shown that an animal that is ~1500g

can lay anywhere from 4-8 eggs. A female that is ~2500g will

usually give ~6-10 eggs. Of course, these are just rules-of-thumb.

There are always exceptions.



Good luck,

Chris Simone

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