Yeah - I noticed that in the other forum.



He's not too small. I bet he grows up just fine. He's probably not

stunted. Veileds growth rate can vary so much, depending on food and

other factors, that's entirely possible he will be as big as his dad by his

2nd birthday - it can take that long.



I always grew my veileds slow. I remember, selling a few to a couple in

NJ, when the animals were 2 months old. I saw them later, a few

months later, and their female was twice the size of my other females

the same age! At about 12 months, they were all the same size, but

hers was on her second clutch, whereas my females were JUST

mating. Unless there is a severe trauma, and a long periopd of

starvation, they dont' "stunt" very readily.



My second clutch of veileds suffered from a food supply problem -

rainbow mealwormss staff was incompetant. They measured pinheads

by a thimble-sized cup. 1000 pinheads fill a cup. I bought 1000

pinheads from them, and what I got was about 50 crickets, just under

1/4 inch. Their "pinheads" were a bit on the "big" size - yet the idiot

packing them still used the pinhead measuring cup! I had to feed them

fruit flies (and I had barely any of them) for a week, before I got

pinheads in. Most only got 1 or 2 flies, every other day. Another time,

a month later, I had to get 2 replacement orders of pinheads, as they

kept coming in dead from another place. My veileds, only 1.5 months

old at the time, had been through 2 periods of time when they ate

practically nothing for a week. I had two or three runts die, btu all the

others survived. Not only were they NOT stunted, they all grew larger

than the father (a small, WC male) It just took them a bit longer to get

that big!



Even the babies are tough.

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