Weight for breeding patty's?

[justin-branam]

I have 2 female and 1 male patty. 1 female is over 2 years old, and has already laid one clutch of eggs. she seems healthy and her tail appears fat. she has another clutch starting to develop, yet she only weighs 46g. The other female is ovulating, and only weighs 36g. The male weighs 44g (he does look a bit on the skinny side in the pic because how he is turned), and i wanted to see how he would react with the larger female, so i placed him in with her. he started trying to do the mating ritual (shaking tail, and biting her), so he is definitely wanting to breed. My question is, since all of them are of age, and appear healthy, is it okay to breed them? I recall seeing a post a while back that patty's did not get as big as other morphs, and seeing as 1 female has already started laying, it seems to me that it would be okay to breed all three. what are your thoughts.

please read this and respond only if you know what you are talking about. that means, please dont just say that they should never be bred because they are to small (there are more factors than just size). i also remember seeing a thread about how not to long ago, that they would be considered okay to breed (size wise). is it possible they have just kept this "small" trait?

if the male seems to small to breed, is it okay to breed another male with the larger girl who is laying eggs? what about the girl who is ovulating?

here are recent pics of the geckos in question:

2+ year old female:

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/album139/Blondie.jpg

1 year old ovulating female:

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/album136/Nilla.jpg

1 year old "ready to go" male:

http://www.justinunderwater.com/gallery/albums/album135/Blank_001.jpg

 

[Jeremy Letkey]

Well, if the 45ish gram female is already laying, I would say to make sure she continues to eat. If she stops eating and starts losing weight, you may need to cool her to get her to stop laying.

The female that is 35ish grams should not be bred in my opinion. That is very small and any weight loss could have grave effects on her.

The male is of a breedable size. I do think that after looking at the pics they all could add more mass. Some animals do not get to be very large, I know I have a few that are on the small side. Make sure they are all eating well and keep an eye on them.

 

[justin-branam]

Well, if the 45ish gram female is already laying, I would say to make sure she continues to eat. If she stops eating and starts losing weight, you may need to cool her to get her to stop laying.

The female that is 35ish grams should not be bred in my opinion. That is very small and any weight loss could have grave effects on her.

The male is of a breedable size. I do think that after looking at the pics they all could add more mass. Some animals do not get to be very large, I know I have a few that are on the small side. Make sure they are all eating well and keep an eye on them.

Thanks for your reply. they all eat constantly on supers, and i give the larger femals a pinky every month or two, so she should definitely be okay. just wanted to make sure since all of my other females are 55-70g. thanks again.