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It's a little ways down the thread.Does she look like she is making EGG FOLLICLES? She looks really puffy.She hadn't eaten for 2 months. Thanks Ash Lopez
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I tried to post a few pics once on showing what I believe are the actual egg folicles...mine were about the size of nickles at the time and still did not come out good enough to see. It is almost impossible to show in a pic...
At any rate, she looks rather small, maybe it is just the pic, but breeding females should be 6 feet plus or dwarfs...and at least 10 pounds...preferably 30 plus pounds.
I know one guy whose breeders are a whopping 60 pounders!!! How would you like to be getting 50 plus baby litters!! WOOOWOOO! Hope this helps, Andy

Yeah she's 3 1/2 years old.5 1/2 feet and around 15-20 pounds.You think she is TOO SMALL.I raied her up super slow. Ash Lopez
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Yeah she's 3 1/2 years old.5 1/2 feet and around 15-20 pounds.You think she is TOO SMALL.I raied her up super slow. Ash Lopez

No, I guess those pics were very decieving...she would be ready for breeding...Do you have a male in with her now? Good luck! Andy

Hey Andy,

I'm afraid I would disagree with you on one point. I believe an ideal breeder would be in the range of 12-20 pounds. I don't let my females get any bigger than this. There are a couple reasons I believe this. One is that a smaller female is easier to get back up to weight for breeding the next season. You may get less babies each year, but over a period of many years, you can probably get more babies out of the smaller female. I also think smaller females have an easier time thermoregulating. This is just my opinion, but I truly believe it.

Matt

How are you Matt? That albino girl is just gorgeous I got from you!

.......I think it depends on alot on conditions...like if you feed throughout gestation and also maybe what you are feeding when bulking them back up.

I agree a huge 60 pounder can be alot of weight for a big girl to put back on...but just imagine a litter of super sunglows!!! Or how about when dealing with numbers odds...the more produced per litter the greater in theory are the odds...like snows...I could deal with waiting the extra year of feed...LOL...

I just think that using younger less mature females could be too taxing on the heart and system in general, and unless the animal is of the smaller varieties, ....maturity of organs internally may only come with age and growth.

Take care Matt....Andy

I agree that using a young female is bad, but I keep my adult females (4+ years) under 20 pounds. They are fully mature, just not huge. Personal preference I guess. Anyhow, if you liked that albino, wait till you see the albinos and hets from this year. I expect them to be spectacular.

Matt

Here's a pic of a normal full of het babies from my albino het stripe male.