Gecko growth

[ErnieG'sgeckos]

I just have 1 question and this is for those of you that are experts and have had geckos for years. Now its 2010 if you had a gecko hatch out in 2008 wouldn't your hatchling weigh more then 50grams by now? Just asking because i seen the weirdest thing lol.

 

[Srt14292]

Generally mine reach up to 50 or so grams in about 5-6 months.
Whats this weird thing?

 

[ErnieG'sgeckos]

Generally mine reach up to 50 or so grams in about 5-6 months.
Whats this weird thing?

yes!! i have 6 raptor females that are 54grams that i hatched in 10/2/09. the weird thing i cant really discuss because that would be consider bashing just know that the situation that i brought up was true. I though it was just me but doesn't that make you question the the health of that gecko?

 

[Lucy]

i was just wondering what weight would you say 8-9month should be?

 

[acpart]

Some geckos are destined not to be very big even though they're healthy. I have had geckos that seem to be fine at about 55 grams even after years. There are other people on the forum (I imagine they'll chime in eventually) who have had geckos that don't get very big. A few of them have been diagnosed as dwarves (though these have had unusually proportioned bodies). Occasionally someone offers a gecko for adoption because it is too small to breed and doesn't seem to gain weight. If your raptors are all related, maybe it's a "familial" thing even though the parents may be regularly sized. From the way you phrase the question, though, it seems as if there is more information about the situation that we don't have.

Aliza

 

[Wandering Paddle]

more information is needed to answer whatever question you are trying to ask. Not all geckos will reach 50 grams...

 

[ErnieG'sgeckos]

Some geckos are destined not to be very big even though they're healthy. I have had geckos that seem to be fine at about 55 grams even after years. There are other people on the forum (I imagine they'll chime in eventually) who have had geckos that don't get very big. A few of them have been diagnosed as dwarves (though these have had unusually proportioned bodies). Occasionally someone offers a gecko for adoption because it is too small to breed and doesn't seem to gain weight. If your raptors are all related, maybe it's a "familial" thing even though the parents may be regularly sized. From the way you phrase the question, though, it seems as if there is more information about the situation that we don't have.

Aliza

my point is that you would purchase that gecko! or would you?

 

[Srt14292]

It would make me question the breeder if I had not dealt with them before...But It wouldn't put me off buying the gecko if i could get questions answered by the breeder.

I have had some slow growers though, mack was a very slow grower when he was little. But is now catching up.

 

[ErnieG'sgeckos]

It would make me question the breeder if I had not dealt with them before...But It wouldn't put me off buying the gecko if i could get questions answered by the breeder.

I have had some slow growers though, mack was a very slow grower when he was little. But is now catching up.

if mack is a super snow i see why because super snows grow a bit slower

 

[Riyo]

I have two females that have topped out at 50g. They are both rescues but do not seem to be stunted. They're both rather chubby now and they're still right around 50g. (One is 51g and the other is 46g).

 

[Wandering Paddle]

how small is the gecko in question?

 

[Srt14292]

Nope macks a mack enigma, he was just a little slow growing. But he is putting on the grams nicely now, also im with Doug was this gecko dangerously small or was it just a little skinny.

 

[cassadaga]

This question is aimed at me. Gucci PMed me to let me know that some geckos I have available from late '08 were too small at around 55 grams. I said that the size was within an average range for adult females, although the smaller side of average. Apparently Gucci disagrees.

 

[Shera]

I have a 2 yr old gecko who is quite healthy but only 53g. She was a rescue too, but she was never sickly.

 

[acpart]

I have gotten geckos before whose weight was lower for age than I would have wanted: I got a male tremper albino who was 6 months and 28 grams. He is tonight 100 grams, but usually by mid summer reaches about 115. I got a super snow who was 48 grams at 11 months. I've had him for 3 years and he gets up to about 85 grams.

I have always assumed that breeders who have a large inventory probably don't have time to coddle each gecko who doesn't scarf down the food. I don't mean that as criticism. All these geckos I bought were perfectly healthy and well-proportioned, but since I have a smaller collection I can devote the time to helping them reach their weight potential.

So, in answer to your question, for a 15 month old or so gecko to weigh in the low to mid 50's is not terribly unusual and as long as the gecko(s) in question looked generally well proportioned I would buy them and assume that with a little extra coddling they will fatten up.

Aliza

 

[Wandering Paddle]

i certainly think the geckos in question appear healthy. The tails have weight, but arent overly fat. In the wild a gecko would never have the opportunity to acquire a fat/overly fat tail... similar to how people didnt used to have to worry about obesity and ate more nutritious and varied diets.

An overly fat tail isnt a healthy gecko. A common finding in gecko necropsys is unhealthy livers... this could easily be from over weight geckos. It always bothers me when i see a gecko with a tail that looks like it could be 75% of the weight... ive noticed this with breeders that feed their males as much as their breeding females.

 

[NycGecko]

I have gotten geckos before whose weight was lower for age than I would have wanted: I got a male tremper albino who was 6 months and 28 grams. He is tonight 100 grams, but usually by mid summer reaches about 115. I got a super snow who was 48 grams at 11 months. I've had him for 3 years and he gets up to about 85 grams.

I have always assumed that breeders who have a large inventory probably don't have time to coddle each gecko who doesn't scarf down the food. I don't mean that as criticism. All these geckos I bought were perfectly healthy and well-proportioned, but since I have a smaller collection I can devote the time to helping them reach their weight potential.

So, in answer to your question, for a 15 month old or so gecko to weigh in the low to mid 50's is not terribly unusual and as long as the gecko(s) in question looked generally well proportioned I would buy them and assume that with a little extra coddling they will fatten up.

Aliza

aliza you are the shettt !:main_thumbsup: always puts things in order