Jeremy, u sed ackies grow very quickly, my ackie was about 35cm wen i got him and now 9 months later he has only grown about 4cm. He has a large range of food items, water, UV light and a heat lamp and still i cant figure out y he grows so slow. I guess that they grown like crazy for the first year or so and like all reptiles slow down, but my one grows too slow for my liking.