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?? Leo Giant Growth Rate

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I bought a Giant Albino Leo on 02/14 and he arrived 02/16

He was listed as 1 year old and when he arrived weighed 74 grams

Its now not much more than a month later and he is over 90 grams, is that normal weight gain in that short of time or am I letting him grow too much to fast?

He looks good to me, just want to make sure.

Here is a pic I took a couple of minutes ago:
 
Wendy, he looks great. 20 grams in a month seems like alot, however I do not have any first hand experience with the giants. Hopefully someone with the experience with them can answer better. I would think that someone has to have some growth charts started for the giants. I know that I would. I thought I saw this on Trempers site ??

Moose's Stats
05-16-01 - hatched
06-15-01 - 14 grams
07-21-01 - 34 grams
08-18-01 - 54 grams
09-17-01 - 70 grams
10-16-01 - 85 grams
11-22-01 - 96 grams
12-20-01 - 107 grams
01-17-02 - 115 grams
02-18-02 - 123 grams
03-15-02 - 129 grams
04-17-02 - 136 grams
05-16-02 - 140 grams
08-22-02 - 144 grams
09-26-02 - placed with females
05-01-03 - 126 grams
05-03-03 - removed from females
06-08-03 - 134 grams
07-11-03 - 144 grams
07-24-03 - 150 grams
08-08-03 - 152 grams
09-28-03 - placed with females
05-12-04 - 130 grams
05-14-04 - removed from females
06-03-04 - 136 grams
08-04-04 = 144 grams
10-22-04 = 156 grams - new weight record

The biggest weight gain was from the second to the third month with a gain of 20g. So it is no unheard of. I can only assume that your guy has just been eating well in your care. Keep up the good work.
 
Thanks Jeremy and Mike

Ive had a couple of leos gain 20 grams in 5 weeks but they had huge fat tails and his looks like normal fatness to me. And Ive never had a 1 year old grow that much but thought maybe the giants were different.

Im now wondering if he was a year old in Feb, I think Ill go by weight with him for an age cause it looks like he should be well over 100 for a 1 year old giant.
 
I have also had geckos grow 20 grams in a month, so I would say it's pretty normal as long is the conditions are excellent and the gecko's a good feeder:)
 
thanks Eric, Ive had babies grow like that but not a 1 year old but this was my first giant so I wasn't sure :)
 
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