IS THERE A SAFE MAXIMUM AGE FOR BREEDING FEMALES?
Not exactly, but if a female has not had eggs for many years we would be very wary about subjecting her to breeding attempts. There is a high incidence of (fatal) egg-binding in such cases. It is much safer, and considerably more successful, to employ only healthy young females in captive breeding exercises. These very rarely experience any problems and fertility rates are also likely to be much higher.
