if you have a real bad eater, that say gets 6months plus behind its siblings size wise. WIll it ever make it to the same size, given enough time? especially females, will they ever be able to become breeders?
cheers
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Dave
10.14 brbs
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brick1
Dec 19, 2008 10:14 PM
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Jeff Clark
Dec 20, 2008 12:11 AM
Dave,
..Yes and no. Yes, many picky eaters will eventually get big enough to breed but they will be a year or sometime two years later than siblings before getting there. They also often never get real big and so do not produce big litters. There are also a small percentage that never thrive and die at an early age.
Jeff
>>if you have a real bad eater, that say gets 6months plus behind its siblings size wise. WIll it ever make it to the same size, given enough time? especially females, will they ever be able to become breeders?
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>>cheers
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>>Dave
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>>10.14 brbs
rainbowsrus
Dec 20, 2008 01:33 PM
Like Jeff already said, they can go either way. All you can do is try to listen to the individual. With good cafre and working wih them, you can turn them into normal size breeders. My Amber is one example. She never wanted anything "normal" sized, alwys wanted smaller prey. Also would not eat rats but working with her I did get her onto rats and once I did, she took off. Took her an extra year tpo catch up but is now ready to breed.
Really bad ones will likely not survive or even if they do likely not to be good breeders.
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Thanks,
Dave Colling
www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com
0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)
LOL, to many snakes to list, last count:
26.49 BRB
20.21 BCI
And those are only the breeders 
lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats 
brick1
Dec 20, 2008 02:56 PM
cheers for the reponses guys. Reason asked, was that i have 2 females, that i have eating now reguarly, but yeah are a long way behind size wise. Im looking at selling a few males, and maybe possibly some females. I know how many snakes i have room for, and with approx 10 more coming from a few different countries over the next few months, i have to make sure i have room for everyone.
Cheers
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Dave
10.14 brbs
