Giants? Does anybody have experience with them?

Gymcie

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My boyfriend got a new Leo about 3 months ago from one of the breeders at repticon. We were told he was about a month old. So he's about 4 months old now. He's been eating wonderfully. He refused the first week but after he realized hes safe he got nice and comfy and just started destroying all of his food. He is a little monster! We put food out every night, probably 20-30 small crickets which he can eat within the 15the minutes. We usually only put a few down and makes sure he eats them them put down more and he gets a little bowl of a few mealworms at night which are gone by the next day. Mealworms get put out every few days. And then once or twice a week he gets his little treat of a few waxworms. So at 4 months old, he is 32a grams ans just over 7 inches. I feel like he's growing so much more quick! Is that normal? He is perfectly proportionate. The fattest part of his tail is as thick as his neck. Still very very active, runs around when we let him. Oh and if it makes a difference I sexed him out after about a month of having him, and his junk just keeps getting bigger! Lol breeder said he is a mack snow. He was bright white and black the day we brought him home, his white soon turned gray, and gray turned to now highlighter yellow.
 

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Gymcie

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Idk how that picture got there. Those are my 3 females. Not the one im talking about in the post. Disregard that photo. The one ny boyfriend has is a male and is kept by himself.
 

Mardy

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32g at 4 months is a fairly normal growth rate. Giants tend to excel at growth around this age, and they are usually 10g ahead of the schedule. So at 4 months a giant tends to be 50g, and they look much larger than juveniles around the same age.

Technically they are not giants unless they are genetic giants, meaning the breeder specifically bred giant x giant parents. So you could always have a larger gecko by nature, but they don't have the giant genes to pass it down to the offspring.
 

Gymcie

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Okay thanks so much! It just seemed with my 3 females, took practically this whole year to get where they are and this little guys already there in such a short period. Maybe though its just because I had adults for awhile now and having a baby threw me off? Idk. Lol thanks again though :)
 
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