jenny creg :)

[Bartman]

My female, at least i think, is a little chubby. I just watned to know a better diet that will help this girl lose some weight. I feed her crix and meal worms now. Anything i can add or take away?
i feed her every other day..shes an adult

[J-Man]

That would be really weird for a leo to actually be TOO fat... do you have any pictures?

By the way, when I first started reading your post, I thought you were talking about your girlfriend or something!

[Bartman]

lmao hahaha
no my leopard...ill get some pics uploaded asap

[eyespy]

Lots of leos are too fat, fatty liver disease is the #1 killer of leopard geckos. Cutting out the mealies and switching to lower-fat foods like silkworms would help.

You don't want to reduce the food amount too quickly. Overweight animals that go on a sudden fast are more likely to develop the toxic form of fatty liver disease than ones who burn off their body fat gradually.

[Bartman]

so silks it is...here are the pics btw. someone told me shes a bit "fat" but i dunno. Especcialy compared to the leopard i just got from someone else..its like the odd couple lol.

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1953DSC00013.JPG

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1953DSC00007.JPG

thx for the replis btw

[Neo]

i thought crix were more fatty than mealies (excuse my grammar)

[Bartman]

for some reason my leopard wont eat mealies anyways..she used to love them, atleast thats what i thought. anyways im gonna give it crix and cut down by like 2 and give her only 8 every other day..is that a plan? or is that dangerous or something?

[eyespy]

Nope, just the opposite. Here's my favorite bug nutrition reference. The EE column shows the fat percentage. Mealies average about 30% fat, crickets about 13%.

http://nagonline.net/Technical%20Papers/NAGFS00397Insects-JONIFEB24,2002MODIFIED.pdf

[Bartman]

do you have that not pdf?

[Blazin]

That leopard looks perfectly healthy to me. Doesn't really look overweight.

[J-Man]

I agree with Blazin... if anything it could afford to gain some weight in the tail.

BTW, I think I have the same watch as the one in the second picture.

[Bartman]

its a swiss lol...well compared to the leopard i just got from matt k at the show its much skinnier then mine..is it causs mines a female and his is a male?
i have pics of both of them here...
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/1953comparison2.JPG
what do you guys think

[eyespy]

Sorry, Bartman, it's a pretty big table and only available as a PDF file. If you need a plugin to view it in your browser you can download it at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

I don't think your gecko is overweight at all.

[JeffT]

Nope she doesnt look fat in the least, I have 2 males and one female that are about twice that in body mass. Shes nice thoguh, you will get some nice hets.

[Bartman]

when i breed these two what percentage will be hets..like when people say this guys 100 percent het for ___. not asking how many of the babies.

[Bartman]

oo and will all of them be hets forsure?

[Neo]

i'm pretty sure they'll all be hets RR x rr = Rr, Rr, Rr, Rr

[Bartman]

ok thanks bud :)

[matt_winter]

my geckos are fatter than yours

[Bartman]

ok so i dont know what that "guy" on this site was saying a while ago..he was telling me that mine is extremely obese..whatever, wont say names but im happy he was wrong i was getting worried