Can chams can stunt their own growth ? (shedding pics)

[sallyb]

Hi, i hope i have not posted twice as i cannot remember if i pressed submit last time - sorry if i have. Trust me

I just wondered if anyone knows as we put Gizzy in her new 6ft+ enclosure on Saturday and she seems to have had a big growth spurt. She is shedding also which she had not done for about 3 months. We just wondered if she had restricted her growth due to the tank size or whether this is coincidence.

She has taken to the new home like a duck to water and has been exploring ever since i have included a couple of pics taken yesterday and one of her attempt to scale the cupboard, lol.

 

[Pure]

Stunting from tank/enclosure size is usually reserved for fish. Stunting for them means that the outside body and skeleton remain the same size wile the internal organs continue to grow. It's a slow painful death for the animal.

Reptiles I believe can stunt, but it's normally from something lacking in their diet. I'm pretty sure stunting for them just means they don't grow. So no I doubt your guy stunted from being in a smaller enclosure. It's probably just a coincidence that he hit a growth spurt after being moved into his new home.

 

[Miss Lily]

How old is Gizzy now? Maybe her growth rate has slowed down if she is an adult, therefore her shedding cycle will slow down also. Lily used to shed every 3 months from 6 months of age until she died. I would think that it's probably just a coincidence that she's shedding right now - she was probably due one anyway.

 

[sallyb]

Thanks guys i guess it was just a coincidence. Gizzy is 8 months old now and her growth has slowed a lot it just seemed really odd that she shed as soon as we changed her enclosure. She seems very happy in her new house so it was definitely a worthwhile outlay.

 

[Pure]

She was thanking you.