size and health

[niajetze]

I am getting a bit concerned about my deaky she is about 4 months older than freckles most likely more!! (as freckles was much smaller when i first got him) any way since deaky started growing extra bits i noticed her growth rate slow right down only natural I thought only now freckles is the same size as her I have also noticed she has a wavey tail and that her legs look too small for her body now. She eats more than the other two combined and can be a bit agressive when it comes to her food so shes not skinny (not exactly fat either) Do you think this might be a genetic issue?

oh and they are both about 15 cm

 

[Jennewt]

It could be genetic or environmental, it's impossible to know. Did you raise them both from eggs, or did you get them as juveniles? The wavy tail suggests that this one might have had a nutritional deficiency early on in development, so this may also account for its slower growth.

 

[niajetze]

no did not raise them myself got deaky at about the size of a thumb and freckles at more the size of a thumb nail none have been raised differently by myself and deaky is the only on th it. All water parameters are good - 7.3:0:0:10 I test every week and only the last one ever changes (nitrates---the planty one) I am looking at deaky now and am sure she has lost weight since yesterday but the temperature is only 16 c and she ate loads yesterday. Still she acts healthy enough---might have to give extra extra portions