In a message dated 01/07/2001 7:19:36 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[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
>>
Greg and everyone else,
Humble Pie is what I must eat -- after reading Greg's post above, I
went downstairs and asked my husband clarification on his scale -- yes, I was
wrong!!! The geckos only weight 1.2 oz and 1.1 oz -- ooh silly me. I'm
sorry.
Now, with those more realistic measurements, do they seem low for
leopard geckos? Having never seen a leopard gecko before a month or so
ago, I just don't want anything to happen to them. (PS - I had a dream the
other night that one of them died - it was a terrible dream.)
Thanks again for everyones' replies and help. I've looked at some of
the photographs on the gekkota home page and there are some pretty animals
there.
Becky
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