how often do Reds have clutches?

[DoctorCosmonaut]

If I have 3 adults females and one adult male, how often should I expect the group to have someone pregnant? How many times a year maybe?

 

[egyptiandan]

It depends on the female, but 2 to 5 clutches a year per female is possible. Usually the laying season is late winter and spring.

Danny

 

[DoctorCosmonaut]

How do people manage population control then? Keeping them apart? Or is there some other trick?

 

[egyptiandan]

The only way is to keep the males seperate from the females, but groups of females can tend to still lay even without a male present. The best way, though, is to just break the eggs right after they are laid.

Danny