Mike,

The female pictured is approx. 7.25", and the other female is approx 7.50" and 47 grams at 14 months. The crix eating female has laid 3 clutches so far. She was fed crix 3 times a week and my baby food mix(not just fruit)2 times a week. The other female on the all baby food diet was fed ever other day. I recall you saying that it took you almost 2 years to raise then to breeding size on a similar diet (closer to 1:1 you had said). I'm trying to figure out why there would be such a huge difference in growth rate between our results. As for the hatchlings, I have one pair on babyfood, and the other on CGD(I have yet to order GGD in bulk). The babyfood pair is growing slighly faster than the CGD, but at this stage it is insignificant. I have other hatchlings that I intend to sell that I raise on baby food and CGD, with a couple crix offered once a week. I do this just to make sure they accept crix. I have not been keeping growth rates on my leachies. They are about 8-9 months old now. I will bring them to work and weigh them, out of curiosity. They are eatong both babyfood and the CGD. I have definately noticed growth "spurts" with the Leachies(and cresteds for that matter). There are days where they don't touch there food, then days where they will eat so much to the point of looking like little leachie balloons.
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Bill DiFabio

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