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I have a beautiful hypo-snow 2 year old female that is about 15in long, but I have no idea how much she weighs. I was just wondering the risks of breeding such a small female. We were planning on it and bought her a red/yellow boyfriend, but then when I started to look into it I noticed that most female breeders were much larger than her. I have heard of egg-binding, is that caused by the size of the females? What else could go wrong? I don't want to put her at risk.

From what I understand due to inbreeding and other factors the size of beardies seems to be declining and that is generally thought of as a bad thing. Your female being that small may very well be the product of such practices and I would bet most breeders who have the interest of bringing more healthy, bigger beardies into the market would rather you not breed her.
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Rob Talkington

also, crestedgecko.com.....all thee stock is really small.

i'm not sure of where exactly they get theres, or what there breeding practices are, but they say they don't inbreed...

i got a girl from their stock that ended up 15.75 inches long and i wasn't going to breed her cuz she was sooo small. then one day they accidently got put together...and they mated before i got home(i wasn't here fior it)

so i checked weight and she weighed 347grams so, i waited....thats all i could do. she layed 2 fertile clutches of 18, and 15 this season and she may be gravid again....

i will not breed her again....cuz i don't want anything to happen...but i'm just saying that it can be done....it just is a very high risk and preferably avoided.

hope this helps

trevor
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Trevor Bennett
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