I got a high yellow a few years ago and I guess I feed it a few too many wax worms becaus now it is 115 grams! Or atleast she was. She does seem a bit bigger then normal leos, but she is nowhere near giant sized, she is about 10 inches long, but she is really chubby. About 3 months ago I decided to put her on a diet, but she has only lost 10 grams! I have reduced her foor to about 6-12 crickets a week. (some might think that is cruel, but she is not loosing any wieght and her tail is still super fat. She even has fat rolls near her arms. I dont care if she is a little on the husky side, but she is way to big, how can a slim her down?

Wow, I messed up on quite a few spellings there, my bad.

Picture Police! Where are you:)

Reducing the food is good. I'd make sure she has a larger terrarium to have to move around in and hunt those crickets. Absolutely no wax worms. They're like candy, geckos love the taste but there's no real nutrition out of them. Waxies should only be used as an occasional treat.

Haha, Here you go:

You can see just how big she is:
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/HiImSteveDUh/100_2576.jpg
Not the big tail and "fat rolls" under her front arms:
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/HiImSteveDUh/100_2581.jpg
And that is a 6 quart tub, she can barely turn around in it:
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/pp33/HiImSteveDUh/100_2582.jpg

Reducing the food is good. I'd make sure she has a larger terrarium to have to move around in and hunt those crickets. Absolutely no wax worms. They're like candy, geckos love the taste but there's no real nutrition out of them. Waxies should only be used as an occasional treat.

Ya, she use to be in a 40 gallon, but I was forced to move her to a 20. And she hasn't had a single wax worm in almost 5 months now, and she hasn't had a single mealworm in 2 months. The only stuf she gets are really fast crickets, she has to chase them to get them. Altough she has figured out if she sits in a corner they eventually walk by her and she can just stick her tounge out and grab one. lol, she is more lazy then I am.

Lol:) Thats Better.

Shes beautiful Bro! When would she be able to breed? Im a Bp guy and have nooo knowledge at all on Geckos:)

Lol:) Thats Better.

Shes beautiful Bro! When would she be able to breed? Im a Bp guy and have nooo knowledge at all on Geckos:)

She is over 3 years old, I tried breeding her last year to a hypo tangerine male, but she was uninterested, and she rejected him multiple multiple times. Evetually they got into a big fight so I had to seperate them. Honestly I think the reason she didnt breed was because of her obesity, I know there are lots of infertility problems linked with obesity. Im hoping that if I can get her to lose some wieght she will be able to produce eggs for me eventually.

Yeah Like I said I dont know too much about Leos, and thats so true about breeding an Obesed Female. It would of been a waste if she did breed. Goodluck on getting that fatty to lose weight:)

I have had females bigger then that breed. The key is waiting for a good ovulation. Genetics can have a lot to do with the over all size of geckos even in females. One good example is a redstripe female I had that was given away. She topped out at 108 grams and was longer then most of my males. Then her clutchmate(obviously from the same parents) never touched 48 grams. Don't give up on her breeding, but a good thing to cut back on is feeding them waxies except as either a treat or as a weight stabilizer on breeding females. I have used wax worms in the past, but have since kept to mealworms, crickets, dubia roaches, and frozen thawed pinkies(for females only).

The fat rolls under her arms aren't fat rolls, if I remember right it is extra calcium storage...

Doesn't look bad to me :cheers:

good luck with that fat bottom girl

i like the way she looks

She actually looks like she fits her weight pretty well, for being 110 grams :D.
I hope she breeds for you eventually.

She looks nice and healthy to me. Keep in mind reptiles are cold blooded and have much slower metabolisms than we do. What are your temps like? If you keep a hot spot of about 90, this will help speed up the metabolism too....

I'm not 100% on Gecko's either but the ones I've seen aren't that small compaired to her. She doesn't look bad at all.

I think that her weight definately fits her.....:)

I hope that the she does breed for you, see if you can find a male her size or maybe a lil bigger that might help.....*shurgs*

I have a feeling that she will always be pretty large, alhtough I would be happy if she lost another 10 or so grams. With the 10 she has lost now I have allready noticed an increase in her energy levels. And I ended up selling the male I had, and I dont really have the money to start a new project, so I will try again with breeding next year.

The rolls under the arms are areas where they store extra anything- mostly calcium or minerals.
The gecko looks very healthy otherwise.
How is it doing now?

The fat rolls under her arms aren't fat rolls, if I remember right it is extra calcium storage...

Doesn't look bad to me :cheers:

I think fighting is a good sign, it can be the first step to breeding.

Seriously, when a female is big it's harder for the male to breed her if she is not 100% ready. Eventually he gets up the guts and starts to prove that he's a man. Next thing you know, he's a dad.

I had a big female and small male and I thought they would not breed. She kept scaring him away and posturing. Took him months to get up the courage to breed. One day I look in and they are both bitten and bloodied up a bit. Two weeks later I had eggs on the ground. They got along swimmingly after that.

I have a really large male that looks a little obese. I haven't weighed him in a while but he is the biggest leopard gecko I have ever seen. His problem is laziness and diet issues. I think I ruined him with pinkies. I thawed an extra small pink once and gave it to him and thats all he wants to eat now.

If looks a little stocky but she doesnt look bad to me. She is pleasantly plump. Id rather have that then skin and bones any day of week.

shes doing really good now. She has trimmed down a bit now, and is sitting right at 100 grams. But i can really notice a differnce betwen her then and now, just by loosing those few grams she is so much more active. She is always out wandering her cage and she actually chases after food now, instead of sitting in a corner waiting for it to come to her. I didnt starve her or anything, all i did was reduce feedings to about 2 times a week.