First think to do is understand the question, its about a species, its not about how many babies you keep. The question was not about commerial herpitoculture. It is a qustion about a species.



If your need for numbers causes you to allow the death of a percentage of offspring, its your choice. You have accepted X amount of deaths in the choice you made/make.



At one time, I cared for many hundred mexicana at a time and I did not have problems with them being picky feeders. But I did what Tom Stevens does, I used a cool room and offered choices of heat. My opinion is, in most cases, its a hydration problem.



One of the things that strikes me odd is, we(humans) are considered very adaptable, we often change and control or enviornment to fit our needs. Yet, here we are asking a much simpliar less adaptable animal to adapt to our conditions, instead of applying ourselves and solving the problem. FR

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