I weigh my reptiles at least once a month. It is a good way of monitoring
their health. It is hard to see their weight loose until they have lost
quite a bit of weight.
Cyndy
On Sun, 07 Jan 2001 19:22:17 -0500 Greg Watkins-Colwell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> on 1/7/01 5:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > I measured the two geckos using Steve's method of nose to vent:
> The
> >> female is about 4 1/2" and weighs 1 pound 2 oz. The male is
> about 4 1/4"
> >> and weighs 1 pound 1 oz.
>
>
> 1 pound? are you including the weight of a cage or something or did
> you put
> the animal loose on the scale?
>
> Let's think about this. it takes 4 sticks of butter, each about 4
> inches
> long, to equal one pound. Is that how big around your leopard
> geckos are...
> 4 sticks of butter stuck together? (granted, bone does weigh a bit
> more
> than butter... as does muscle... but still...)
>
> or maybe these are leopard tortoises. ;-)
>
> pounds just seems like a lot of weight for a leopard gecko. I
> suppose it is
> possible if they are really plump and extremely large. But I
> suspect my box
> turtle doesn't weigh much more than that. My tokay might be close
> though,
> but I've never weighed him.
>
> I've never weighed my captives before. Is this something a lot of
> folks do?
> I've weighed many things in the wild. But never bothered for
> captives. I
> don't even weigh myself.
>
> Greg
>
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