Well! It finally happened. Got a little Diamond I've been planning for the last year
He's a year old, but he looks so tiny- I've heard very conflicting stories on the growth rate of these guys (having heard they are extremely fast and extremely slow growers... it can't be both...).
Trying to get a bit more weight on him in preparation for the coming winter. I won't be brumating him this year as he's new and I'd rather be 100% confident in brumating than not.
Currently chomping down on fuzzy mice every 4-5 days and I do plan on bumping it up a size or two when we've gone through them all. Will be cutting back on the feeds shortly, but I'm really trying to put some weight on him before winter just in case he decides that he'd rather not eat!
So yeah... how fast do you guys reckon they grow? I'm very excited to watch this little guy grow!
And on a side note, when do these guys colour up? Got some very nice yellow coming through on him, but is his colour now what it will be for life or...?
Thanks!
He's a year old, but he looks so tiny- I've heard very conflicting stories on the growth rate of these guys (having heard they are extremely fast and extremely slow growers... it can't be both...).
Trying to get a bit more weight on him in preparation for the coming winter. I won't be brumating him this year as he's new and I'd rather be 100% confident in brumating than not.
Currently chomping down on fuzzy mice every 4-5 days and I do plan on bumping it up a size or two when we've gone through them all. Will be cutting back on the feeds shortly, but I'm really trying to put some weight on him before winter just in case he decides that he'd rather not eat!
So yeah... how fast do you guys reckon they grow? I'm very excited to watch this little guy grow!
And on a side note, when do these guys colour up? Got some very nice yellow coming through on him, but is his colour now what it will be for life or...?
Thanks!