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mikecoscia
at Thu Jun 26 20:46:22 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mikecoscia ]
I am just implying when they hit a certain age the all crix fed geckos will be larger. For example your 14 month old is 47grams and my 8 month old is 46grams. With that rate she is easily going to be over 50 grams when she hits 14 months. At which point she will be done with the majority of her growth and will be well prepared to breed. However like you pointed out all reptiles continue to grow, the rate is just drastically slowed down as they get older. But the larger gecko will be further up the ladder in reaching her adult size, simply because she had more building material (protein) as she was growing. So in theory anyway females can devote more energy and nutrients to their eggs instead of their growing bodies, it makes sense anyway. The results could be anything from more eggs, less body stress or they could end up being exactly the same with one just growing faster. Who really knows it is just speculation right now but it should be beneficial. I do currently think the larger animals will have an edge but we will have to keep tabs on these things and in another year or two we should have a better idea.
Yeah my leos only get mealies or supers. However they kind of turned their tails up to them lately and most are eating crix now. I also have a couple of day geckos that need them regardless so feeding crix is no big deal to me. I actually prefer it compared to sitting their and mixing fruit every night. Easier just for me to throw a couple in a bowl and walk away  .
-Mike
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RE: few q's =)..... - mikecoscia, Thu Jun 26 20:46:22 2003