Just moved my 2 and 1/2 year old bci female from her 4x2x2 Neo into her new dig 7'6"x2'x16"H. I noticed she's in shed one full month earlier than normal. Everything else is close to what she's used to temps, ect.(95 on one side, 75-80 on the other,) If anything, she's been fed one meal less due to a feeding adjustment (I used to give her two large rats every other feeding but she started looking pregnant so I backed off to 1 large every two weeks.) She's 6' and 10 lbs and very healthy. Coincidence? What do you think?
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Maybe size of enclosure DOES affect growth...
dmac
Nov 30, 2004 09:51 PM
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mdc
Nov 30, 2004 10:54 PM
Could just be the stress of moving into a new home. Only time will tell.
dmac
Dec 01, 2004 06:32 AM
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crushin
Dec 01, 2004 12:56 AM
i don't know if this is true but I hope so. I just moved my bci into a 4'x4'x'5 cages by design from a 16"x36"x18" glass tank. shes 4' and about 2 years old. I'm sure they will enjoy having the extra space regardless.
bigdnutz
Dec 01, 2004 09:41 AM
I just moved a big suri female from a rack into a giant cage, 5ft long 2 ft wide and 3ft tall, oddly enough she spends most of her time up on a perch I built about 30 inches off the ground. Not sure why but it is interesting.
tcdrover
Dec 01, 2004 11:28 AM
,Iguanas and alligators. I'm not sure when this was confirmed
to be inaccurate or even if it really has been disproved.
When I moved my Guyanan male to a larger enclosure a couple of
years ago he was just a year old and I noticed a similar, very
noticable, immediate growth spurt. He was still pretty small and
I had him in a long 20 gallon, it's not like he was in an undersized tub.
