Little Auto is now 5.5 inches long from nose to bum. When I first got him he was just under 4 inches nose to bum. So he's grown 1.5 inches in a month. He's also finally at the point where he doesn't attempt to run away when I pick him up. Not even a fuss.
As time has gone by the game of how much food does he need continues. I still laugh thinking back to the whole: "as much as he'll eat in 15 min". What a joke. I did that for the first 2 weeks and his belly started to droop so low it was rubbing the floor as he ran about. Thing is if I allowed him to eat as much as he could in 15 min, cricket wise, he'd wolf down at least 50! Yikes!
So I've reduced his cricket intake to 5 in the am and 5 more in the pm. His belly isn't so large any more and he eats greens now with more interest.
He completed a shed on the 26th of March but didn't shed his tail at all. Now his tail is all white and looks ready to shed at any time. Thing is his hands are starting to turn grey and the tip of his nose is too which means another shed is on its way.
I really need to get a scale to keep an eye on his weight with actual numbers vs looks. I'm in the midst of selling the house I'm in and moving to a new place so things have been in the air, including getting that scale.
I'll be having open house soon, I don't think I'll be leaving my Auto at home with all those strangers faces getting too near him. I don't like the idea of carting him around either but I worry which will be worse: strangers faces or being toted around with me. *sigh*
For cute news the reason he's named Auto is because he LOVES watching cars drive by the front of the house. It's his favorite thing to do. I swear he was a cat/dog in a past life the way he enjoys it so much. Well that's it for now. Hope you guys get something from this.
As time has gone by the game of how much food does he need continues. I still laugh thinking back to the whole: "as much as he'll eat in 15 min". What a joke. I did that for the first 2 weeks and his belly started to droop so low it was rubbing the floor as he ran about. Thing is if I allowed him to eat as much as he could in 15 min, cricket wise, he'd wolf down at least 50! Yikes!
So I've reduced his cricket intake to 5 in the am and 5 more in the pm. His belly isn't so large any more and he eats greens now with more interest.
He completed a shed on the 26th of March but didn't shed his tail at all. Now his tail is all white and looks ready to shed at any time. Thing is his hands are starting to turn grey and the tip of his nose is too which means another shed is on its way.
I really need to get a scale to keep an eye on his weight with actual numbers vs looks. I'm in the midst of selling the house I'm in and moving to a new place so things have been in the air, including getting that scale.
I'll be having open house soon, I don't think I'll be leaving my Auto at home with all those strangers faces getting too near him. I don't like the idea of carting him around either but I worry which will be worse: strangers faces or being toted around with me. *sigh*
For cute news the reason he's named Auto is because he LOVES watching cars drive by the front of the house. It's his favorite thing to do. I swear he was a cat/dog in a past life the way he enjoys it so much. Well that's it for now. Hope you guys get something from this.
