I thought I should give an update on this crested. It was my first hatchling, and from what I have seen and heard about it in the last 3+ monthes, I might have something interesting. I'll just have to wait and see.
Basically the interesting thing is that this baby (who I've named Monte) has been its growth rate. Monte was born at 2.2g on July 4th. On September 4th Monte weighed in at 9.2grams. On October 6th, Monte weighed in 14.2grams, and on October 13th, Monte weighed in at 16.7grams. These are all on approximately empty stomachs.
From talking to the local breeders in my area, these sizes are quite large, and most say they haven't heard of a crested growing so quickly. I attribute the growth to a healthy appetite for crickets, a newly discovered love of fruit smoothies, and possibly genetics. Mom weighs in at 57g, and is a stub-tailed yellow dalmation. Dad isn't too big, at 37g and is one of those gorgeous rusty red cresteds with bi-color that is a bit green between the crests. Monte has dad's bi-color and mom's dalmation spotting.
The next set of eggs that hatched from these two followed suit, they are just over 2 monthes old now, and weigh in at 9.1g and 10.2g. I'm excited to see how these three turn out. The two month olds are the last set mom laid. She is currently just past her fourth month without laying, I guess she wanted a break. She never lost any weight, but I think she got tired of being gravid!
Here are pics of Monte:
At 2 monthes old and almost completely fired up:
At 3 monthes and in day colors:
Same as above, different angle:
Has anybody else had babies of this size? I have only heard locally about size, but perhaps more variance exists out there in baby size?
Cheers!
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