Does my Tokay look chunky?

Dachindae

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I tease Eezo all the time about being a little chunky [compared to my crested geckos at least] but now I'm wondering if she... or he is actually overweight?
I have NOT gotten a weight on her since I got her [my scale broke and I have yet to afford a new one that's actually decent] and I have actually not even held her since I got her. [I'm waiting to get a fecal test before I take her in]

If she IS chunky, what should I do? I honestly only offer her 5 or 6 bugs every other day to every two days.

Probably... 10-11" long including the tail. Active at night and will sometimes come out during the day to take a gander at me if I'm being noisy. Her cage is right next to my computer. She's got a small plastic bowl that I put her insects in at night, she got crickets in the video since my dubia need to breed.

Here is a recent photo and a video. Skip to 2:46 to see her. Sorry, I copied the video at the timestamp but it seems the post didn't want to do that.

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Aimless

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I think he/she looks ok. your tokay has a bit of a fat roll going on under her/his armpits there, and the tail is nice and thick, but I wouldn't be overly concerned about putting the gecko on a diet. I wouldn't him/her get any heavier, though; healthy lean animals are going to live longer and possibly have a better quality of life as well.
how big is your enclosure? a larger enclosure will encourage more exercise, too. one other question: what are you feeding? if you're feeding any mealworms/giant worms/super worms I would cut those out of the diet in favor of bugs that have a little more nutrition compared to their fat content.
 

Dachindae

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So she's in the "ok" area?

I only feed her B. dubia and that video is the first time she's had crickets. I almost never feed any of my reptiles mealworms since they are just 80% chitin anyway :/

I WAS away for three weeks though, I think my mom might have overfed her a little bit.

Thank you very much for the reply!
 

billewicz

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A tad chunky especially if you ever plan to breed her. Some males will get big like this and it does not seem to matter how little it eats, they just get big.
 

Dachindae

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A tad chunky especially if you ever plan to breed her. Some males will get big like this and it does not seem to matter how little it eats, they just get big.

Ah, unless the opportunity comes along and I have the funds, I don't think I'll be breeding her. She kind of just looks like a normal morph and would probably just throw normal babies.
If she were a little more "special" in the looks dept, I would definitely be looking for a boy for her!
 
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