I got cliff mid december 2006,and i started him on 2 pinkies a week,then in january he started taking 3 pinkies,and for the last 6 weeks he has been taking 4 pinkies a week, and today i tried a 5th pinky and he took it with no problems.i tried it just to see would he take it and he did os im happy about that,he is growing really really fast.he was about 9 inches when i got him, and now he is around 20 inches,he wont stay still enough for me to get a proper measurement of him but i knwo he is 20 inches or so.