Stunted Growth

[Ray]

First picture is my lepored gecko from July 5th 2018 second is from January 23 2020. He has not grown much. He did lose a bit of his tail when he was only a few weeks old so idk of that has much effect on his stunt. He does not eat much compared to my other geckos even the one I got almost at the same time as him that is almost full grown. Please help if anyone has any ideas.

Health/History
- How often do you handle your leo - atleast once every other day
- Has he/she had any problems in the past, if so please describe. Lost tail at a month old
Housing:
A) Enclosure
- Size 10gal
- Type glass tank
- Type of substrate calcium sand
- Hides 2
B) Heating
- Heat lamp 75 watt moon light
- Cage temps 80-70
- What are you using to measure your temps
Temp gun
C) Cage mates
- How many 1 4 months old

Describe Diet:
A) Typical diet
- What you're feeding (how often, how much)
Dusted crickets and dusted mealworms/superworms
- How are you feeding. hand fed worms and cage feed crickets. I try everyday but refuses to eat
B) Supplements. Calcium d3
- What are you gut loading food with.
Fruits

 

[acpart]

Yes, it does look pretty small. I don't really know why. A few people have had leopard geckos that have been medically proven to be dwarves. They usually have a small, chunky body and a head that's larger than expected given the body size. Other geckos have metabolic or other health issues that we can't really see. I have had some hatchlings that grew very slowly (e.g. 7 grams at 4-6 months old) and then figured things out and took off on weight gain. I can only suggest continuing the hand feeding (I have a number of geckos that seem to need to be hand fed). If it's sharing a cage with another gecko, keep it separately.

Aliza