What is the Average size of a 4 month old Panther ?

[Mikesyring]

His brother

 

[bobcochran]

I agree bob but sometimes that alpha becomes the most stunning mine was the alpha and comparired to his brothers he's the most stunning

Not saying it never happens, I do have an absolutely stunning male that weighs over 200g., but he wasn't the largest male in the clutch at 3-4 months of age!
How old are those males?

 

[Mikesyring]

8 months both from same clutch

 

[bobcochran]

Ambilobes can change quite a bit even after 8 months old. Reds, oranges, and yellows take longer to come in. It's so much fun to watch them change!

 

[Mikesyring]

Yeah mine gets nicer every day I love it

 

[matthew1300]

I 've raised a lot of panthers, some grow really fast in the beginning, others not so fast. Breeders often call the fasted growing male the"alpha" male and he certainly may well be AT THAT AGE. At one year of age size tends to even out a bit, not saying all the males are the same exact size but 3/4s of them are very close to the same size. I'll end up with 1or2 larger males and 1 or 2 smaller males. Do the math: clutch size average 20-30, half are females, that gives you 10-15 males. In which group do you think the best looking males will be in? Almost invariably, when somebody picks a male out of a group they pick the biggest male, and he usually has a little better color than most of the others because he's a little more mature and the last 3-5 males I had left would be the smallest of the clutch. So, I would raise these up a few more months and not all of them, but a good percentage would color up very nicely. The guy who bought the biggest male would see them at 6-8 months old and ask if these were available when he was selecting his male. His male didn't color up quite as well. Size has nothing to do with color! What I want in a breeding male is: reasonable size, good color, and excellent health!
What I'm saying is, relax about how fast your cham is growing, give him optimal conditions, take excellent care of him and he will turn out to be the best that his genetics will allow!
One mor thing, genetics for aggressive behavior (males who bully and eat the most) does not equal genetics for the final size of the adult.

Ok thanks for the reassurance, will be sure to keep at the most optimal conditions, thanks !

 

[matthew1300]

Update** My little guy is about 5.5 minutes months now and about 7 inches. He is on a major growth spurt as he has grown 2.5 inches in 2016 so far ! He is getting a lot more colour and hints of yellow-green and blue are starting to come in ! Here he is and his updated enclosure

 

[matthew1300]

can't wait till his next shed !

 

[marley patches]

this is my panther about a month ago ,I was figuring she was 3 months old ,without tail she was the size of my index finger,now not sure how old she is compared to yours LOL

 

[matthew1300]

View attachment 151096 this is my panther about a month ago ,I was figuring she was 3 months old ,without tail she was the size of my index finger,now not sure how old she is compared to yours LOL

Cool !

 

[matthew1300]

Here he is today

 

[matthew1300]

From today