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Hi,
I just weighed my collareds. My male c. collaris weighed 35g. My female weighed 30g. unless she grows, she shouldn't weigh anymore than that. Her belly sticks far out on each sides, her legs aren't bigger than normal, and when she turns her head she has a role at the base of her head. It is difficult to type with two lizards running laps around you t-shirt, and jumping off! I should be able to get him to weigh more though. His legs and tail are nice and heavy, but around his waist is a little thinner than I would like to see, and his neck could get heavier. My male needs to learn that the early lizard gets the cricket. Because the crickets are difficult to catch I haven't been getting as many of them as I would the grasshoppers, but today I got to see them eat there crickets and then realized that the female eats almost ALL the crickets because she's there first. It will be interesting to see how much the lose over there brumation. How much do your lizards weigh?

Morgan

Hi Dean!

lately I have been using a seperate tank for feeding. It is set up with sand, but no rocks, and I put my female into the tank at feeding time, so that the male is eating in his home tank (where the food critters can hide in the rocks at times) and the female is eating in the feeding tank.

This has helped my female, who is WC, and is shy about eating in my presence. Before I seperated them for feeding, my girl would hide while I put the insects into the tank, and my bold little male (CB) would jump and get the lion's share before I could leave the area... so that the girl was only getting his left-overs. plus, I like watching him eat, and this allows me to stick around and watch him hunt!

I leave my girl in her feeding tank for a couple of hours, and then go put her back into the male's tank. Now that she is used to this routine, it seems to work fine.

KITKAT

That other addy you were using for awhile worked fine.

DUH, I emailed you from here hope ya get it!
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PHEve / Eve

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Thats a good idea. But I'm gone for most of the day and usually only see them awake on the weekends because they go to bed REALLY early. I had the same problem with the crix getting away so I put in a small glass dish so they couldn't excape, Thanks to some advice I got. I don't know howd much light is in the room with your collareds in it but what I do is turn off the lights and they can't see me, I also do this with snakes. But if there is a window or something it makes it kind o difficult.

Morgan

I just weighed mine last night:

Peanut is 44 grams
Jazz is 40 (up from 34 just two weeks ago!)
Emma is 30
Ella is 26
Mille is 26 (but gravid)
Coltrane is 22
Birdie is 20
Billie is 16
Miles is 14

All of mine have either stayed the same of gained weight in the last two weeks except for Miles. He just doesn't seem to have much of an appetite. He and Billie are very small bicinctores and are cute as bugs. However, they don't seem to be adapting to captivity very well. They've all been treated for parasites, so maybe they'll put on more weight for me. To me, there is no such thing as a lizard that's "too fat."

élan
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2.7.0 Collareds
1.0.0 Mali Uromastix
2.1.0 Green Anole
1.0.0 Chinese Dwarf Newt
1.1.0 California Newts
1.0.0 White's Treefrog
0.0.1 Green Tree Frog
1.0.0 Fire bellied toad
2.1.0 Felines
1.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Equine

Your right there is no such thing as a lizard thats "too fat." I wonder how much kong weighs? 50g or maby even 60g! by the way how's Millie doin'? Did you weigh her when you got her? And how about the other two males?

Morgan

Millie's doing very well, though I fear she will never use her front legs like a normal lizard. Still, she scoots like a pro. I did not weight her when she arrived; I was absolutely convinced she was going to die, and couldn't see the point. If I had to guess, I'd say she was probably around 15 to 17 grams at the time. Now she is completely round and even has a bit if a turkey neck.

My boys are doing okay, but they don't have the appetite that the girls have. One has kept his weight constant and the other lost a tiny amount, but they are otherwise healthy--a little lean, but healthy.

Thanks for asking about them

élan
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2.7.0 Collareds
1.0.0 Mali Uromastix
2.1.0 Green Anole
1.0.0 Chinese Dwarf Newt
1.1.0 California Newts
1.0.0 White's Treefrog
0.0.1 Green Tree Frog
1.0.0 Fire bellied toad
2.1.0 Felines
1.2.0 Canines
1.0.0 Equine