Weight Chart

Kristy · #1 09-24-2011, 11:19 AM

I found this weight chart for cresties. I wonder if it is fairly accurate. My crestie is 9 weeks old and is 7 g. This chart says he should be 3 or 4 g. I thought my crestie looked on the thin side so that's why I was checking. Hopefully I pasted this correctly. Scroll down to see it. Let me know if you think the chart is fairly accurate, because I can't believe my crestie is double in weight for its age.
Kristy

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stellarawesome · #2 09-24-2011, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Kristy

I found this weight chart for cresties. I wonder if it is fairly accurate. My crestie is 9 weeks old and is 7 g. This chart says he should be 3 or 4 g. I thought my crestie looked on the thin side so that's why I was checking. Hopefully I pasted this correctly. Scroll down to see it. Let me know if you think the chart is fairly accurate, because I can't believe my crestie is double in weight for its age.
Kristy

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I can promise you without even looking at the weight chart that your geckos are fine

(Assuming your gecko has been given proper husbandry and is being fed an appropriate diet)

Some geckos grow much faster than others, some very slow. I have a gecko that is a year and two months and he weighs just 7 grams. I have another that is 10-11 months old and 18 grams. I feed only crested gecko diet with crickets offered 2-3 times per month. Every few months I'll mix up a little ripe mango as a treat.

Some animals, especially those that won't take live prey are just going to grow slow and as frustrating as it is, there isn't really a way to make them grow faster. On the other hand, some geckos (like yours!) may seem to double in size every time you look at them. Falk (the 18gram kid) weighed 7 grams in March when I got him. So he's put on 10 grams in six months! (He loves his crickets!)

The best thing you can do is keep a scale and weigh your kid maybe once a week and make sure he's on a proper diet with proper husbandry. There is no set requirement for crested gecko growth, really

lauraleellbp · #3 09-24-2011, 01:06 PM

7g IS pretty big for a 9 WEEK old gecko, though like Ansli said growth rates can vary damatically even with siblings kept in identical situations.

How sure are you about your gecko's hatch date?

Kristy · #4 09-24-2011, 05:16 PM

Thanks Lauralee and Stellar. The scale I have isnt digital but it's accurate. Has the weight thing that balances in the middle when you slide the gram bar across. I know for sure Rex's (rexy if he is a girl!) birthdate 7/24/11!! I got him at 3 days old and was expecting him. I was giving him crickets every other day and left repashy down. The past week I have only given crickets twice so he seems to be getting used to more CGD. I plan to get the mango flavor next month when Repticon is in town. I let him crawl around on the wall while I cleaned out and change up his tank today. He appears feister and strong after watching him. He loved that and licked up some CGD when I put him back in the tank. I won't worry. But before he seemed thin. He may have just shed, so maybe he was looking sickly.

Kristy

stellarawesome · #5 09-24-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Kristy

Thanks Lauralee and Stellar. The scale I have isnt digital but it's accurate. Has the weight thing that balances in the middle when you slide the gram bar across. I know for sure Rex's (rexy if he is a girl!) birthdate 7/24/11!! I got him at 3 days old and was expecting him. I was giving him crickets every other day and left repashy down. The past week I have only given crickets twice so he seems to be getting used to more CGD. I plan to get the mango flavor next month when Repticon is in town. I let him crawl around on the wall while I cleaned out and change up his tank today. He appears feister and strong after watching him. He loved that and licked up some CGD when I put him back in the tank. I won't worry. But before he seemed thin. He may have just shed, so maybe he was looking sickly.

Kristy

Oh yeah the crickets will really get them growing. He may have lost a little weight if he prefers crickets to the Repashy Diet. You just have to keep offering the CGD and offer crickets less and less until you're sure they're eating the CGD. I have a girl with Metabolic Bone Disease who was allowed to choose crickets over CGD and it ruined her little body. But it sounds like he's taking up the crested gecko diet really well! If he likes the crickets I'd still try to have a cricket night for him once a week or every other week. I hated it when my babies wouldn't eat crickets.

Kristy · #6 09-24-2011, 07:00 PM

I have a ton of crickets still. I got 20 of them at petsmart and the guy gave me probably 40! Now that I got them cricket food and a slice of potato they are growing so fast that I've had to pick out some large crickets and let them free!! So I will still give some crickets. This is supposed to be my sons gecko, but I love him (the gecko!) so much!
Kristy

lauraleellbp · #7 09-24-2011, 09:33 PM

I wouldn't let crickets go outside! They may possibly be carrying diseases that could harm native crickets, and not all of the species you may find for sale as feeders are native to the USA.

If you can stomach it, you can take crickets that are too big and put them in the blender with some organic yogurt to make a smoothie treat.