Giant Question lol

[ErnieG'sgeckos]

How do you know if you a giant or super giant? will the egg be bigger than normal or will one geck grow significantly faster than the other?

 

[fikken]

i am pretty sure you usually can't tell until the gecko gets to between 70-90 grams as i understood it. The weight would be distributed with an elongated torso rather than just having a very fat gecko. Although I don't have a giant so I personally don't know if you could tell in its earlier stages but I am quite sure the eggs are the same sizes as all the other morphs. The difference tends shows itself in later development

 

[crotaphytidae]

You can tell that you have a giant at an earlier age by the lanky look that they have as well as if you have a guaranteed Super Giant parent. Telling Giant from Super Giant as far as I know can only be done later in life when the gecko is about a year old. What was the pairing that you did?

 

[ErnieG'sgeckos]

You can tell that you have a giant at an earlier age by the lanky look that they have as well as if you have a guaranteed Super Giant parent. Telling Giant from Super Giant as far as I know can only be done later in life when the gecko is about a year old. What was the pairing that you did?

No giant pairing at all just had a Raptor X het Raptor project going on and one egg was bigger than the other and hatch out bigger than its sibling.

 

[StatikStepz]

Well then if you did not breed the Giant or Super Giant gene to it, then you will will not have a Giant or Super Giant.

Just as in humans, how there are little babies, and big babies, and some people only grow to 5 feet, and some grow to 7 feet, the same can happen with leopard geckos. Some eggs will be a little smaller and some will be a little bigger. Some will hatch a little smaller, and some will hatch a little bigger. It's just nature having its fun, lol

 

[StatikStepz]

...And just cuz you can make an 80 gram leo by feeding it alot of fatty foods, and making it fat, doesn't make it a Giant. Giants are genetically predisposed to being large. It is a morph in itself.

 

[ErnieG'sgeckos]

Well then if you did not breed the Giant or Super Giant gene to it, then you will will not have a Giant or Super Giant.

Just as in humans, how there are little babies, and big babies, and some people only grow to 5 feet, and some grow to 7 feet, the same can happen with leopard geckos. Some eggs will be a little smaller and some will be a little bigger. Some will hatch a little smaller, and some will hatch a little bigger. It's just nature having its fun, lol

thanks for the advise really needed it.