How big is too big weight wise?

[getgeckos]

I have a male mack snow that has been steadily gaining weight over the last 6 months when I purchased him. He has been on a steady diet of dubia and superworms. I had been feeding 3x per week. He is now at 103 grams. I switched him to dubia and crickets to reduce fat intake and reduced feeding to 2x per week for him (but still feed all others 3-4x per week) about 1 1/2 months ago. He has continued to gain and I am concerned he could be reaching unhealthy weight limits. Would you reduce his feeding to schedule to 1x per week or switch to a different feeder? I am interested in your opinions.

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[Russellm0704]

He does look a little chunky. I really do not think you can go by weight when it comes to too fat or not. All geckos have different sized frames and builds. I think you should continue doing what you are doing. It will not be fixed overnight but it will work. Also, great job on feeding a variety to your gecko!

 

[getgeckos]

So would you reduce to 1x per week or keep at 2x per week?

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[getgeckos]

I have another male at 99 grams but he doesn't look as chunky, so I get how its about size and build.

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[SORROW89]

I have a male mack snow that has been steadily gaining weight over the last 6 months when I purchased him. He has been on a steady diet of dubia and superworms. I had been feeding 3x per week. He is now at 103 grams. I switched him to dubia and crickets to reduce fat intake and reduced feeding to 2x per week for him (but still feed all others 3-4x per week) about 1 1/2 months ago. He has continued to gain and I am concerned he could be reaching unhealthy weight limits. Would you reduce his feeding to schedule to 1x per week or switch to a different feeder? I am interested in your opinions.

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Looks overweight to me. Feed less in one day instead of less days.

 

[SORROW89]

I have another male at 99 grams but he doesn't look as chunky, so I get how its about size and build.

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This one looks alright. I heard is not the number but proportion.

 

[getgeckos]

He is eating 2 or three dubia nymphs or about 7 crickets in a feeding. I guess I'll feed 1 adult dubia or maybe 5 crickets in a feeding and continue to monitor weight.

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