I said 40-50 grams is large enough to breed. I then added that I have breed them as small as 35 grams (although I never recommend 35g as a breeding weight). You can go back and look at all my posts, I never said 30 grams.

I still would not recommend a weight of 70-80 grams, because it is outside of the normal average weight of an adult female. Yes some females get this large, but most do not. Telling someone this weight will encourage them to overfeed their females to a point of obesity just to breed. Obesity is unhealthy in leopard geckos just as much as it is in snakes, dogs, and people. Obese reptiles, like obese anything, die at a younger age and are just generally unhealthy. Leos do not need to be fat to breed, just sexually mature and at a good weight.

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