Gecko size questions

[hds1492]

I have a male leopard gecko who is about 9 months old. He is roughly 9 inches long and weighs 72g. Around what age do they stop growing? Also, I know each gecko is different, but is there a ballpark size for normal males (length and weight)? I'm assuming he's a normal-I don't know his genetic background. How would I know if he has giant genes or not? Is there a length or weight he would have reached by now if he were a giant? Thanks in advance!!

 

[CalyxiseGeckos]

The biggest leo is about 12 inched and 150g?
He'll probably be about 9 1/2 and 80 grams..
Or maybe he'll be gigantic!

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Hmm from what i read, males should be more than 10" and weigh more than 110 grams. Well unless of course both parents are already giants. Super giants are like 15" and weigh more than 120 grams. Quite a rarity lol.. by the end of the day, genetics plays a vital role. Giants cannot be made simply by just feeding a lot and putting on a lot of weight

 

[CalyxiseGeckos]

I have two adults males and they matured about about 8 inches and 65g.
Some geckos are just small.

 

[hds1492]

Thanks for the responses guys! I know I can't feed him so much that he becomes a giant lol. I was just wondering if there was any way to tell by size

 

[stager]

Photo? The male giants I had in the past both had very long tails and there heads were quite a bit larger then normal males even at a young age

 

[hds1492]

Here's a photo!!

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Well he does have a huge head that looks promising lol.

If he surpasses a 100 grams in his first year then you might just have a chance haha

 

[lisa127]

I have two males. One is about 16 months old. He is around 9 inches and weighs about 85 grams. The other is a little over 2 years old. He is over 11 inches long and weighs 130 grams.

The weights are very accurate as I use a digital scale and weigh regularly. Lengths are difficult for me as I have trouble measuring that since they don't ever really straighten out long enough, so those are the best I could do.