The trick is not to be afraid of them being overweight in the first 3 years, but to watch out after they are adults, that's when a feeding plan would do the best. feed them to allow for growth, when growth slacks off, tune your feeding regimen to allow for proper maintainability. Feeding adult gravid females more while developing eggs may or may not be beneficial, but for sure feeding them heavily after egg laying is of utmost importance. You may get more or larger eggs by feeding a female heavily at this time, but you can surely get a second clutch if you bring the female back to optimum condition post egg laying. We are in agreement on most of this but this last bit some of us still debate. Feed them heavy while young!!!
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Todd Hughes

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