New Dragon

[sporty02]

i was just wondering how old everyone thinks he is? He is about 6 1/2 inches body length and 16 inches with tail

[The Serpent Merchant]

Nice dragon you have there. I don't have enough experience with them to give you a good guess on his age, but I would say that he is at least 6 months old.

[kyser/wrx]

Man nice dragon

[DooLittle]

No clue, but he is pretty.

[Trogdorpheus]

I'd guess 6-8 months assuming appropriate feeding. I'd bet that the next six months or so he puts on about another 3" and then his fat stores will get a little bigger probably around the base of his tail. Do you have a weight? My 2yr old has been holding fast at 500grams/18" for about 6 months now.

[1nstinct]

do you have a weight? check out beautiful dragons they have some growth charts on the website. don't worry so much about age compared to weight to length. all bearded dragons grow at different weight. what you feeding him? if your worried about him groaning some more switch from crickets to dubia roaches! trust me i did now my female who is 15.25 inches and 239 grams is growing still like a weed! dubia have such a better meat to shell ratio. also check out some phoenix worms, beardies love them but they are pretty expensive esp when mine goes through about 1000 in 2 weeks along with all the dubias she can eat!

[sporty02]

thanks guys i figured around 8 months my daughter wants him to have a birthday so we were jsut tring to figure a close birthday.. i am gonna start giving hime some phoenix worms a few days a week. cant do the roaches wife would FLIP!! he gets about 10-15 crickets a day, 10 super worms a week and TONS of greens he mainly likes the mustard greens and some collards not to big on any kind of squashs or too much else

[1nstinct]

10-15? Bearded dragons grow until there around 1.5 years so they need the extra protein. You should feed him as many crickets as he will eat in 15 mins 2 times a day. While also offering greens daily. That's why I went to roaches they don't smell and I can put them in a dish for my female to eat when she wants and just add more as the day goes on. Don't forget you should change his uv bulb every 6 months( I hope your using a reptisun 10.0) and make sure his basking site is at least 105-115. And dust his crickets 3-5 times a week with cacium and 2-3 times a week with a multi vit(on different days). And give him a soak 1-3 times a week
if you have any questions you can pm me( I use to breed bearded dragons)
Tom

[sporty02]

i would like to get a nice female to breed him with later on. i will up his crickets i dust them 4-5 times a week i do have a reti sun 10.0 and a 75 watt basking light in a double fixture so he gets both at the same time. i was worried he wouldnt eat his veggies if he had to many crickets is that a concern? i am gonna move him to a 40 zilla critter keeper tonight so he has more room. he seems to like playing in the tub plus it helps keep him clean so i dont worry as much about my 6 yr old holding a dirty lizard

[1nstinct]

While there growing its good to have 80%meat to 20% veggie diet. Once there around 1.5 years it switches to the opposite. Feed him as many crickets has he will eat, but offer him veggies/greens daily you will be surprised as how
Much he eats. 40 gallon breeder is the
Min for adult bd. if I was use I would buy the exo terra 40 it's more expensive but you do not need to take the lights off everyone you go into the cage. And coming from the top sometimes will scare reptiles because you can seem like a predator to them. Give him some wax worms as treats there high in fat so only as a treat and to much if them they will be come addicted to them and not what to eat other insects. Give him a variety in his diet. Go slow on the supers sometimes if the bd is not big enought they will not be able to digest them. Try silks, butters, dubias,
Tom