I've had Gemstone for about 5 months now. He's on various leafy greens (collard, mustard, turnip, etc), green beans / yellow squash/ parsnip/ ground alfalfa/ occasional fruit/ etc. His temps are ambiant 75-80 at night (all over the cage, though), 78-93 durring the day (includes basking spot). But he's not growing very much, it seems.
I've got him to the point that after I hold him for 2-5 minutes he often will trust me enough to sit and lick me without trying to run away. Of course, he runs like mad each time I try to extract him from his cage! 
He's to the age of trying to whip, but still has never attempted biting... YET! 
I just can't think of why else he might not be growing all that quickly? He's pooping, his UV is almost always (90% of the time) within 10-12" of him (where most of the branches are), and he gets a good amount of calcium and other vitamins (extra extra calcium to the amount of vitamins...) every 2-4 days depending on exact food given.
I've just seen and heard of many other igs grow much faster than Gem is doing (I think). He's grown... let's measure... 7/8" nose to vent in 5 months. He is now 4 1/8" nose to vent, 15 3/4" total length. He started at 3 1/4" nose to vent, tho I'm not sure what was the total length at the time. So he wasn't a new hatch when I got him, it doesn't seem, but how slow is too slow?
I just want to make sure we take proper care of my little ig... Thanks for whatever advice you might have!
~Krysie
