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hello,

just wondering what the average weight loss is for a female pre to post laying of eggs?

i know i have read numerous different opinions of size for females. in your experience, what is an appropriate size for a female to be bred?

i am only a hobbyist and new to bp's. i have been waiting patiently and have a couple females. the ax het snow is aprox 1,600g, aprox 4 ft, and a chow hound eating every 5-7 days. the pied is the same age, mouse eater, 3 ft, and 900g. the pied started off slammin everything in sight until she hit 700g around 3 months ago and then got picky.

not sure if the pied will make it by december for cooling down :/ i would like to hopefully get to the next step in a longterm project, but i don't want to harm them either by going to prematurely. they are both thoughts, feedback? thanks...

jonathan

Well...generally loss = how much the clutch weighs.

Lol yes, this is true/

What I was asking was before she was bred to after she lays weight loss.
For example, if you starts off with a 1,600g female, aprox what kind of weight loss would she normally experience? I'm sure that it has something to do with clutch size, but I'm just looking for an estimate.

Jonathan

It depends on how many eggs.
I have a 2700 gram female lay 11 eggs. She was 1600 after that.
Once they lay, they generally start eating again, so they will generally gain wait back.

Weight loss depends on how much the clutch weighs.
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