Need Opinions on Feeding

[Scarygirl]

Sorry for all the threads I have out. I discovered my leo Dany has air bubbles under both front arms (I've felt them and they're squishy). She is definitely overweight and I want to put her on a diet, but I want an opinion on how much of a diet I should put her on. I currently give her three medium crickets every other day. Once of week, I dust three crickets with calcium with D3. The store I was getting them from had bigger than average mediums, but when I went to get crickets on Monday, they looked like small crickets. How much should I cut back on her feedings? Some advice/opinions would be nice.

 

[Scarygirl]

I can also post pics if needed.

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

I can also post pics if needed.

How about a picture?

This advice is hard to give by numbers of crickets, because the crickets are different sizes. If Dany truly needs to lose weight, then I'd cut down her food by 1/4 of what she had been eating.

 

[Tongue Flicker]

Those are not air bubbles. Some keepers would refer to it as fat sacs. If so, I'd suggest cutting her food down to two crickets every other day or you could give her 5-6 crickets a week. My late gecko had fat sacs too and gained weight every week even though he only ate like 4 superworms a week. The season's starting to get a bit chilly so cutting down on her food shouldn't be much of a problem. If you have a simple digital kitchen scale to monitor her weight then that will make things even easier

 

[Scarygirl]

Those are not air bubbles. Some keepers would refer to it as fat sacs. If so, I'd suggest cutting her food down to two crickets every other day or you could give her 5-6 crickets a week. My late gecko had fat sacs too and gained weight every week even though he only ate like 4 superworms a week. The season's starting to get a bit chilly so cutting down on her food shouldn't be much of a problem. If you have a simple digital kitchen scale to monitor her weight then that will make things even easier

Okay. It gets really cold over here in the winter, so I think that's a good idea.

 

[Scarygirl]

How about a picture?

This advice is hard to give by numbers of crickets, because the crickets are different sizes. If Dany truly needs to lose weight, then I'd cut down her food by 1/4 of what she had been eating.

It's not letting me post them. Something about the files being too big :/ Want me to e-mail them to you?

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

It's not letting me post them. Something about the files being too big :/ Want me to e-mail them to you?

Somebody here could help you reduce the picture file size. I don't know how. :-(

/\ yes please do!

 

[majahawt]

Hey, here's a website that lets you reduce image file sizes :3

 

[Scarygirl]

Hey, here's a website that lets you reduce image file sizes :3

Thanks, majahawt! Hopefully I can get it to work!

 

[Scarygirl]

She's 62g

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

She's 62g

The "whole story" depends upon body proportions. You know, Dany's BMI! ;-)

 

[Scarygirl]

The "whole story" depends upon body proportions. You know, Dany's BMI! ;-)

I don't know her BMI D:

 

[Scarygirl]

 

[Elizabeth Freer]

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Dany is a chunky female! 62 grams. How old?

 

[LEOPARD1]

Those are fat sacs. I would also decrease by 1/4 also just to be safe, other problems arrive with obesity other than the love handles fatty liver, etc....

 

[Scarygirl]

Dany is a chunky female! 62 grams. How old?

She's two this year.

 

[Scarygirl]

Those are fat sacs. I would also decrease by 1/4 also just to be safe, other problems arrive with obesity other than the love handles fatty liver, etc....

I gave her two small crickets last night.