I am wondering if my little guy had some pre-existing condition. Here he is Aug 4, right after i found him sitting under the overhang of my outbuilding. Due to the perspective he appears much larger than the quarter, but actually he wasn't. Use the lines on my palm for reference. He seemed about 1" diameter, although i did not measure.
Here he is Nov 9, not much bigger. (His head appears disproportionately large here.)
Meanwhile he had been eating heartily. Most days he would eat a medium-sized grasshopper, or most of it (never the hind legs). Or a cricket or two. Except for a couple bites, he spurned all fruit and greens. He has never shown interest in mushrooms, summer squash, tomato. I had a cuttle bone in his box, but he never nibbled on it.
He also ate 3-4 wood roaches and a couple grubs i was lucky enough to find in a rotten log. I soaked and sunned him often.
Should he have grown more in 3 months?
Here he is Nov 9, not much bigger. (His head appears disproportionately large here.)
Meanwhile he had been eating heartily. Most days he would eat a medium-sized grasshopper, or most of it (never the hind legs). Or a cricket or two. Except for a couple bites, he spurned all fruit and greens. He has never shown interest in mushrooms, summer squash, tomato. I had a cuttle bone in his box, but he never nibbled on it.
He also ate 3-4 wood roaches and a couple grubs i was lucky enough to find in a rotten log. I soaked and sunned him often.
Should he have grown more in 3 months?