weight chart for a leopard gecko

vinnie-gecko

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ive looked all over the internet and i cant seem to find a weight chart for leopard geckos. is there one. so for example it would have them as hatchlings and it would have the smallest weight it could be, the biggest weight and the average weight of a hatchling. then it would continue on from that so say

1 week old smallest weight (number) average weight (number) largest weight (number)
4 weeks old smallest weight (number) average weight (number) largest weight (number)


sort of like that. just want to compare the weight of my gecko to others of the same age
 

Dimidiata

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I think your time would be much better spent learning how to look over a gecko and determine if it is under/over weight. I mean, if you can look at the animal and determine if its well enough then a chart is unneeded. So long as they are gaining weight, have muscle build, tails thickening, spines/ribs not showing, not too much flab extc, they should be ok. Im not saying you shouldnt weigh your animals, which is important to measure any weight swings, but i mean, there is no exact science to it.

Note: regardless of what i just said, the work being put forth by people like ThorGecko is appreciated and important.
 

kaws

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Healthy weight is like 10g a month until they reach adulthood.

I don't know about that. So a 1 year old should be 120g ? That seems like ALOT.

I have a 10 month old thats very healthy and she's 50g, but should be double that weight according to your suggestion. :main_huh:

There really isn't a reliable chart/table you can go by as ALL leopards grow at a different rate.
 

Tanggecko

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Healthy weight is like 10g a month until they reach adulthood.

Most of my regular sized geckos average around 6-7 grams a month until they are adults. They end up weighing 70/80 grams by one year old.

10 grams a month would be more in the giant neighborhood.
 

TranceZ

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I don't know about that. So a 1 year old should be 120g ? That seems like ALOT.

I have a 10 month old thats very healthy and she's 50g, but should be double that weight according to your suggestion. :main_huh:

There really isn't a reliable chart/table you can go by as ALL leopards grow at a different rate.

No no no.... let me explain.

Maybe I wasn't clear enough....

Hatchlings eat pretty much every day until they are juvies-adults.
I don't pack my geckos with mealworms and let them become overweight, but I for sure don't let them sit back at 30g at 1 year old. To me that is underweight.

If they are getting everything they need: clean water, heat, clean environment to live in and good supply of food with supplements, I really don't see why any gecko can't hit 10g a month until 50-70g.

I don't work with giants, and all my geckos are 8-10g before or at 1 month of age. I also had a Jungle Tremper that hit 75g at 5 months old. I understand there is a little difference in every gecko and hey maybe mine are just "bigger geckos" in general. Maybe it's a breeder's "observation" but that's just from my experience.
 

karencowboymojo

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Our 18 Month old's Dexter is at 109 Gr and Morgan which we think is female is at 104 Gr. I raise my own meal worms which get potatoes and carrots and oats so they are healthy. Dexter will eat 20 worms at times and they are almost an inch long.
 

B&B Geckos

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From my experience, Leopard Geckos fed 10-12 mealworms every other day gain an average of 7-10 per month. This growth rate usually drops to around 4-5 grams per month around the 9 month mark (unless you have a giant).
 

Gecko's Lair

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From my experience I know that geckos are growing at very different rates. For example, I bought from an another breeder three geckos (each had 1.5 year) and at the similar time two more (about a month old)... After half a year younger caught up with the olders, and now they have overtaken them. To make it more fun, they get ready for briding in one year and now have youngs.
The conclusion that I raise, the rate of growing for geckos depends on the conditions under which they began and that it had any health problems shortly after hatching.
 

Phoenix1115

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It definitely has something to do with husbandry/feeding in my opinion (and of course genetics) My first clutch this season was two males, a normal and and albino. The normal was bigger than the albino at birth. I raised them together for about a month and a half and the normal still had a few grams over her brother. I sold the normal to a friend and kept the albino. I saw the normal for the first time the other day and he is a third of the size of his brother now. I asked how she was feeding and it was the same schedule as mine. Then I found out that she had been keeping him in a plastic bin (about 10 quarts) and for the first month didn't have a UTH. Mine was in a 10g shortly after I sold the brother, and now is 30g+ so I upgrades him to a 20. Now that she moved hers to a 10g and bought a heat pad he is starting to grow faster.
 

LepoInc

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My first clutch I hatched was the same as above. Both were kept in same conditions and the sold one hit 20g by the time the one I have hit 15g. They're both 2 months and 3 days. The sold one is 32g and mine is 18g (went into brumation due to my apartment not having heat foe a while) both are healthy but some just grow faster than others

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lisa127

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I think the issue was more not having a heat pad than using a plastic bin. I have a young baby in a plastic bin, but with a heat pad. He is growing just fine. Plastic bins are not a problem. No heat pad is.
 

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