A puzzling predicament

[surrealasm]

Help me figure out what's going on...

I got my Crested a few months back. I designed a ten-gallon vertical conversion, and I'm pretty sure he loves it. At the time I bought my Crestie from the pet shop, he was one among three, all juveniles with a body length of ~2-1/2"

I've been feeding him Repashy MRP and a cricket every now and then. The humidity is pretty solid. The temperature goes between mid 70s and low 80s.

He only seems to eat his MRP if it's very watery. Whenever I mix it so it's more of a pudding-consistency, he never touches it. He does it crickets, he loves chasing them.

Here's the problem: The other Cresteds(his tank mates) are now nearing 3-1/2" in length, and he's still the same size he was when I got him!

What's going on???

 

[marauderhex]

Cresties grow at different rates. It can be quite extreme. As long as he is eating, sleeping, pooping, breathing, and shedding, that's all you can ask for.

 

[ice gecko]

also, dont try and force your gecko to eat more then he can such as over feeding calcium crickets and such since this will do more harm then good. just keep doing what your doing if he's happy and eating

 

[Rancorrye]

Some are just slower growers than others. I bought 2 a while ago. Both were 8 grams when I bought them. Now one is 43 grams and the other is only 25 grams and they have been fed the same thing on the same schedule.

 

[surrealasm]

Thanks all.

Just noticed this morning that he is eating his MRP just fine... and I'm giving him ~ 3 crickets per week.

Super happy little guy, I'm going to post his habitat onto the viv section so you can see what I've done with it.

I'm just paranoid because my girlfriend bought a Fatty a couple months back... poor little guy had parasites when we got him and the sweet sweet thing just kinda shriveled up before our eyes. really sad.