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Old 04-04-2013, 12:16 PM   #604
diamondlil
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Originally Posted by Chip View Post
Did you change your mind on this, Janine? Or am I skimming the thread wrong?
Yep, I did. I always thought it would be too risky, both in terms of the potential to Lil and then in terms of if her problem was possibly genetic.
As she ovulated and laid a couple of slugs the year before I was as sure as I could be that she was physically healthy enough to breed. Slim and Butch are both big husky boys with no feeding problems from hatching so I decided I'd lay my demons to rest one way or the other.
I'm pretty sure now that all Lil's problems came from my inept handling of her early days. She was a healthy well-started hatchling when I bought her. Whether her initial regurge was due to being in shed or too-big a prey item, I belive I then compounded the problem by trying to feed her too soon, and then trying too often and being too stressed about it. So I created her cycle of refusal. Not a nice thing to know about yourself, but a lesson well learnt.