Young Crested gecko weight problem

**Cooper22** · 05-04-2011, 02:53 PM

I got a gecko from a local breeder off craigslist at about two months old in the middle of march and now its the may and he has not gained any weight and i can see ribs....

i try dusted crickets and offer fresh cgd every other day, and i have not seen poop for maybe a week or so.

is their anything i can do to fatten him up? because he seems really lazy where my other gecko is active....any advice,

thanks

**StellarAwesome** · 05-04-2011, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by Cooper22

I got a gecko from a local breeder off craigslist at about two months old in the middle of march and now its the may and he has not gained any weight and i can see ribs....

i try dusted crickets and offer fresh cgd every other day, and i have not seen poop for maybe a week or so.

is their anything i can do to fatten him up? because he seems really lazy where my other gecko is active....any advice,

thanks

What kind of substrate is he on? And do you have a gram scale?

**Cooper22** · 05-04-2011, 03:06 PM

hes on paper towel in a Tupperware container on its side. and i have a 100th of a gram scale... so its pretty accurate. yesterday he weighed 2.25 grams

**StellarAwesome** · 05-04-2011, 03:26 PM

Originally Posted by Cooper22

hes on paper towel in a Tupperware container on its side. and i have a 100th of a gram scale... so its pretty accurate. yesterday he weighed 2.25 grams

So s/he weighed 2.25 when you purchased him? Are you giving this kid a humidity cycle along with keeping it in proper temps? I know sometimes when they're really small- especially that size, they take a while gaining weight. But if this baby is loosing weight..

Do you also have any photos? it is a little hard to make guesses without seeing how this kid looks in real life. Can you put him/her on a dollar or next to a ruler so we can have an accurate size reference?

**Cooper22** · 05-04-2011, 08:33 PM

I'll try to get pics tomorrow and what would u consider a proper humidity cycle.....
And temp is 65 to 76 so room temp

**StellarAwesome** · 05-04-2011, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by Cooper22

I'll try to get pics tomorrow and what would u consider a proper humidity cycle.....
And temp is 65 to 76 so room temp

I heavily mist in the evenings and in the morning before things start to get bone dry I give a light mist for the day. Then I come back in the evening and give a heavy mist again. But I'm in Alabama and we have high humidity here anyways. This has given me the best results, and since I've been going on this schedule I haven't had a single stuck shed.

I just try to keep things heavily misted at night and then let them get almost totally dry by the afternoon. But then again, where you live and your climate will affect these things- especially if you're in a hot/dry climate.

**Cooper22** · 05-04-2011, 08:57 PM

Ya I'm in ny and I mist about to times a day

**MrEyebrows** · 05-06-2011, 12:54 AM

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