What size and age should a male and female hondo be before breeding?
tom
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Honduran breeding size and age?
boscoman76
Jan 15, 2004 06:48 PM
Replies (3)
mingdurga
Jan 16, 2004 09:03 AM
At least 400 grams, 3' , and 2 years old.
Mike NYC, NY
boscoman76
Jan 16, 2004 09:24 AM
thanks
tom
rtdunham
Jan 19, 2004 01:22 PM
>>At least 400 grams, 3' , and 2 years old.
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>>Mike NYC, NY
i suspect most 400 gram hondos are going to be at least 3 1/2 feet long anyway, except for maybe a few 3-foot females that have packed on weight during the breeding process.
btw, that 400 grams is a nice weight to shoot for going into brumation the winter preceding a breeding season. the females that come out of brumation ready to breed will add up to 50% body weight by the time they've shed twice, so they'll be 500 grams by the time you're putting them with males. Lighter females CAN breed--every once in a while someone shows me a female I'd have thought was too small to breed and they tell me she bred the previous season, so there are no absolutes in this analysis.
peace
terry
