I'v had my juvenile crestie since last fall and he's still only about 4" long...........should he be bigger? He's healthy though.....maybe im just impatient

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Have you been measuring and weighting him?

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not really.........well I'v measured him a couple of times but I don't remember the measurements.......I think hes grown...well not a full inch since I got him................

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I could have swore mine didn't grew until I tried to put them back in the same box they came. Then I looked carefully at my records. They are very discrete =)

You should write those down. In a few months mine double their weight and they barely showed it.

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ok thank you..........i still have the shipping container

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I'm with Ric.. we bought some weighing scales a while ago and never looked back! We thought some of our animals weren't growing too quickly, until we starting taking measurements of length and weight and you would be amazed how much they grow without you noticing! It's often the same as anything.. if you own something and see it every day you don't notice the changes, but if you haven't seen something or someone in a while the difference in appearance can be amazing!

I also wouldn't worry too much - as long as you are feeding him the correct diet and he is eating and defacating normally, I'm sure he is fine. Remember, as with all living things, reptiles grow at different rates; one gecko may shoot up in size over a couple of months while the other doesn't seem to grow very much. Everyone and everything grow at different rates and not all grow to be the same size (i should know!! ) When you read, "x lizard grows to an average of 12inches", it is an average,. that doesn't mean that some won't only grow to 8" while others might double that.

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For a visual aid, when I bought home my gargoyles 9 months ago, they were 9g and 11g, measuring between 2" and 3".
Now they are around 40g measuring between 7" and 8".

Bellow is a picture of Milky (the male and smallest one), in a deli cup. I took this one when we arrive home from the store, May 7, 2005.
Today he only fits in there if he curls up like a ball.

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The ones Im taking care of are growing rather quickly

The gargoyle looks really cool..........I like the camo

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