weight concern

[terrilg]

Not sure if this should go here or the health area but here it goes. I bought gypsy in august and she was listed as a juvenile not sure of her exact age. She was about the same size as cassanova (also bought in august as a Juvenile).. She came to me and at the end of august laid one egg, then the beginning of september another single egg, and today laid two eggs. All are fertile and in the incubator. She is housed alone, on slate tile, many hides, UTH, temp 88 with probe thermo. in warm hide, does have light on top of tank also, moist hide, free water and mealies (not eating much though), crickets a few times a week and will eat a few, cap of calcium at all times. She is pooing daily and it looks normal and healthy (as far as poo goes lol). I hope she quits lying eggs soon, love to have the eggs but not from her she is just way too small. My question is at what point should I consider a slurry feeding to help plump her up and any other advise would be great. Here are my weight logs.

10/12/07: Izzy 78gm Cassanova 42gm Gypsy 32gm Sunshine 60gm
10/20/07: Gypsy 36gm
10/26/07: Izzy 78gm Cassanova 44gm Gypsy 30gm Sunshine 70gm

FYI: Izzy and Sunshine are housed together, Cassanova alone and Gypsy alone.

Thanks

 

[acpart]

Personally I don't think it makes sense to feed slurry to a gecko that's not sick. It looks as if she's either gaining weight or holding her own. I imagine that the 6 gram weight loss between the last 2 figures is because she laid 2 eggs. One thing that I do for some of my geckos where I worry that they're not eating enough but aren't sick is to hold it and gently press a mealworm against the side of its mouth. Very often it will take 5-10 mealworms (I do this with crickets too on occasion). One advantage is that you can dip the feeder in whatever supplement you think she needs and can be more sure that she's getting the supplement into her.

Aliza