iggy not growing real well

spavdude2400 · 10-18-10, 11:28 AM

i have had my ig since july 1st roughly when he was 11 inches. well now its gonna be almost 4 months soon and hes like 12.5 right now. i have proper uvb/uva lighting, heats good, amb temps good. viv's good. i usually make him a salad everyday with at least 2 diff greens turnip or mustard or whatever and ill put chopped parsnip in it or acorn squash or whatever. i have done. i dont know whats wrong. i have tryed vitamins for like 2 months now that aint doin it. i seen some growth charts of baby igs growing like 2 inches a month at least with a max of like 3 to 5 inches a month sometimes. its really gettin annoying now. i watch him eat fine. the only thing is we got him from a carnival vendor who was giving them away as prizes. he had at least 30 in a cage. but yea what cha think?

marvelfreak · 10-22-10, 04:34 PM

Sound like just a slow grower. Could take him to the vet to get him check out. Just to make sure it not something major your missing. Wish i could be more help.

Ameivaboy · 11-17-10, 12:17 PM

My assumption given where you obtained the animal that it is already likely severely stunted.

A good idea would be to have a fecal done on it for internal parasites.

You also want to give a huge variety of healthy greens along with some fruit
(though some items like bananas are very high in phosphorous)