Is she skinny/underweight?

[metaldad904]

So i have this baby female tremper albino leo, i got her at a show in late July...probly no more than a month old at the time, just a little thing. Well, now it's November and she weighs 19.3 grams. Is that too skinny? She eats, just isn't much of a pig or anything. She seems normal otherwise, not lethargic or anything like that....actually rather feisty lol. Am i being paranoid? She's been eating a diet of mealworms and waxworms as treats with the occasional cricket if he'll take it.

thanks for any help

 

[LeapinLizards]

A picture would help much. It's hard to tell from a description because a lot of geckos are built differently.

 

[metaldad904]

A picture would help much. It's hard to tell from a description because a lot of geckos are built differently.

I'll do my best, the only pics i have of her are when i got her but i'll see what i can do. She hasn't really grown all that much, a little bit bigger and is starting to show more colors but not a huge change it seems like.

 

[metaldad904]

Here are some pics of her, i've noticed her eating a lot more as of late and i think she's putting on a bit of weight (seems to rly like superworms) but just in case.

 

[kyahbean]

I'm no gecko expert, but she doesn't look skinny to me. Maybe someone with more experience can offer some advice.

She's pretty!

 

[LeapinLizards]

IMO, she's not TOO skinny, but there's a little room to fatten her up

 

[Bert-N-Sheila]

She looks like a healthy Tremper Albino to me.

 

[myjoyoverflows]

she looks healthy to me!! her fattening up wouldn't be a bad thing...but I don't think she's hurting from not being bigger....she's pretty!

 

[Nigel4less]

She's a wee bit Skinny, but she's definitely alright in my book.

 

[Snowy & Petra de Gecko]

I donno

I just asked a question on another post as to how much a Leopard Gecko should weigh from birth up to 24 months.

I have a Leo who was hatched in July that a week ago weighed about 45 grams.

I have feed her crickets 6 to 8 a day, left her mealworms about 10 or so a day and sometimes she eats them all.

I have fed her some Hornworms, and a couple of times I have fed her some waxworms.

The other day I fed her about 5 Superworms.

Because she is still a JV I still try to feed her 6 to 8 crickets and provide her some mealworms every day.

But, I think that you should feed her more. I read on one of the posts that at about 40 grams they start to eat less.

 

[metaldad904]

Thanks for the help ya'll. Yeah, she just seems skinner compared to others i've seen & Romper (my male APTOR) who is around the same age. The good thing is she's definitely picked up on eating lately, I started trying out superworms last week with her & she definitely approves.

I broke out the scale again to see if she had gained weight and i was pleasantly surprised, also decided to weigh everyone for fun.

Lucy-Tremper Albino
11/19/08-19.3 grams
12/2/08-27.5 grams
Weight gain-8.2 grams

Romper-APTOR het RAPTOR
11/19/08-22.1 grams
12/2/08-30 grams
Weight gain-7.9 grams

Hi-Yellow Adult Female-
11/19/08-58.7 grams
12/2/08-64.4 grams
Weight Gain-5.7

SHTCTB het Bell Albino Adult Female-
11/19/08-51.3 grams
12/2/08-58.9 grams
Weight Gain-7.6 grams

SHTCTB Adult Female (aka Miss Piggy lol)-
11/19/08-59.2 grams
12/2/08-64.4 grams
Weight Gain-5.2 grams

SHTCB Adult Female
11/19/08-51.2 grams
12/2/08-51.8 grams
Weight Gain-0.6 grams

Overall a lot of good weight gaining it seems, though the last SHTCTB barely gained any. She just shed a couple days ago so maybe that has something to do with it, i'm keeping an eye on her making sure she's not being bullied out of food.

 

[Snowy & Petra de Gecko]

Weight and Sizes

I went and looked on the internet and I discovered that:

1) Leopard Geckos weight will depend on the individual Leo.

2) I saw sites that listed the ages of various Leos that had different weights for different hatch dates and they were all different.

3) On Julie's website ... GeckoRanch.com she gives a range for adult length and weights.

4) I still have not seen a breakdown of weight averages for Leos at different ages though.