Approximately what age does P grandis reach full size?

[ofrell]

I'm just wondering when full adult body size is reached (length not girth . Mine is currently 5 months and 7 inches. Do they grow up to one year in general? Thank you!

 

[Aimless]

it all depends. it can take up to a year and a half or longer. temps and feeding schedule, and gecko-to-gecko variation.

 

[ofrell]

it all depends. it can take up to a year and a half or longer. temps and feeding schedule, and gecko-to-gecko variation.

Thank you! I am assuming daily feeding and higher temps will promote maximal growth. Is that correct?

 

[Aimless]

yeah sure. but it's not necessarily a good thing to grow them up really fast.

 

[ofrell]

yeah sure. but it's not necessarily a good thing to grow them up really fast.

thank you for your advice. May I ask, what are the downsides? I wast thinking that feeding well during growth would lead to a strong skeleton and good muscle development. This is purely based on human growth patterns and not on reptiles...which I am just learning about. Thank you!

 

[chrisf]

Hi ofrell, I've sent you some private messages but I'm not sure this website is working properly as nothing seems to work on here too well....I'd like to message you somehow another way......Chrisf

 

[Aimless]

ofrell, a steady rate of growth is good. often times folks will try to get their herps, especially females, up to breeding size as soon as possible. this is not necessarily a good thing. they need time to grow healthy skeletons and mature fully.

I'm not saying underfeed, I just wouldn't overfeed to encourage faster growth rates. for all my juvenile herps I stay in the upper half of their temp range while they're growing to promote healthy metabolism, and feed regularly but not necessarily as much as they'll eat every day. it depends on species, though; some of mine are trash compactors and would grow very fast and/or get very fat if they fed them every time they were hungry