weight drop

[eric]

i have been weighting my geckos weekly and noticed one of my females went from 42.8g on 6/27 to 41.5g on 7/4 should i be concerned? also there was a shed from her in that week can that be part of the weight drop?... she is almost a year old is this weight to low for her age? (i am not breeding until next year) ...she did eat a mealworm when i hand fed it to her....

 

[Grinning Geckos]

How much food are you offering her?

That is on the small side for almost a year old. A picture would help determine if she's just a small gecko, or if she's underweight.

As far as the weight drop goes, they can fluctuate a bit ... depending on if they just ate, just pooped, etc. That small of a change I wouldn't worry about.

 

[eric]

i am so embarrassed how do you attach photos? also thanks shanti for your help

 

[Grinning Geckos]

Glad to help.

What is it you're trying to do? I don't think it worked.

 

[eric]

here is her pic..

 

[eric]

i was trying to post a pic of her i am soooo not good with computers lol..

 

[Grinning Geckos]

She looks to be a decent size/build. I would guess she's simply a small gecko. She could continue to grow for another 6 months. If you plan on breeding her, you'll want to plump her up first.

How much, and what, are you feeding her?

 

[eric]

there is a bowl full of mealworms for her (calcium dust and herptivite) also she gets the occasional wax worm and butter worms..we also give crickets every other day..could she be ovulating?

 

[Grinning Geckos]

It's possible she's ovulating, which might cause her to stop eating for a few days. Check her belly and look for a pink spot the size of an eraser, below her ribs (about 1/2 way down).

Are you gutloading everything? Mealworms are little poop tubes (so are crickets for that matter), and quickly loose anything they've eaten. How often do you switch out/add new mealworms?

 

[eric]

yes we gut load our crickets and mealworms with a 10 grain cereal that marcia uses and give them carrots and romaine...every day we go through the mealie bowl and pull out the dead or skins of the mealworms i will check her tonight to see if she has the eraser thing going on thanks again shanti its greatly appreciated

 

[Grinning Geckos]

Ok, sounds good. I'd give temps a quick check (too low or too high could cause an eating problem). So long as they're 90-94 on the warm side you're good. I'd say MINIMUM 88. If all of that checks out, I'd say she's simply a little girl.

 

[eric]

temps are at 90 degrees on the warm side and thank you again shanti