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Just wanted to show off Nacho's best pose ever!! She is putting on weight so fast.. Since she was sick and her tail shrunk down to almost nothing. Obviously she is eating MUCH better, and is packing on the pounds with just mealworms and crickets. I gave her a few waxworms, mostly just to see if she would like them. How do I know when she is getting too fat? Does she look okay now?
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2.1 chocolate labs and bassett (Harley, Barker and Capone)
1.0 leopard gecko (Nacho)
Looking good. Well, you could weigh her, but with one gecko it is probably a waste of equipment. Monitor her tail fat. The best advice I was given was that the tail should look as big as an average man's thumb. But what you want is a chubby, but smooth taper, if you get a big bulge that's bad. Also, as geckos reach just over optimum weight (considered good times to breed) they usually will develop what looks like water blisters behind their armpits. That's a sign to level off the feeding.
Honestly, she'll (he'll) slow down when she gets to the weight they want to. I have only seen obese geckos when they were constantly tong fed and not allowed to choose the amount they want.
She is definitely healthy looking. I'd put just a few more grams on her, which she may or may not do if she starts to winter now, but will most likely do this spring. But she's much, much better and very close to ideal weight. Great job!
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0.1 Albino Leo Gecko
0.1 Crested Gecko
1.0 Dear Boyfriend
Departed: Harvey and Spock
Shes looking great
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