Quote Originally Posted by Beardedragon View Post
Alright keep the temps at 100-110, 110-120 is way too hot.

Get him out of the 10 gallon, it is way to small for even the smallest beardie and he is probably stressed and with such high temps unable to get to the cooler temps he needs to get to.

What type of uvb do you use? Im not going to say for sure but 99% of the time this is the reason for problems.

What do you dust the crickets with? ( This is the other important part)

Cut the waxworms and lettuce out of his died, offer silkworms,collard greens, and squash instead.

What substrate do you have him on? If its sand switch him to paper towels.

What size crickets are you giving him? For his size id say he needs 1/4-3/8 in size.

After these questions are answered and fixed hopefully we can find out why the little guy is not growing

Oh, and about lineage. blood and sandfire are "lines" so to speak but really do not matter, from what all ive seen over the years is people naming off what they are off of what colors they have on them. Im betting the parents did have sandfire and blood in them, but were still brownish.
120* is right on the basking spot, the ambiant is 90-92, for cooler temps his basking rock doubles as a large hide which he can go under where my digi thermometer reads 78-82, and from time to time i will see him under there, its more of an arch than a hide, but he likes it i guess, he has a bit of a temp gradient to work with, he also has a small under tank heat pad on the hot side, as for the enclosure, i think tomorrow im gonna go into my room with a tape measurer and sit down and draw something up, give him something around 70+ gallons, i was thinking 5'Lx2'Wx2'H, should be good for him and i wanted to get him (it) sexed and introduce a mate of similar age, im not looking to breed and make cash, but i would like to give it a try down the line when they reach maturity, the lighting i use a zoo med 75watt basking/day bulb and night purple bulb, if thats not sufficent i think ill pick up something for the new enclosure... i use gutload and cricket food, to keep my crickets going, and dust them with calcium before feeding, collard greens and squash ? cooked or raw ? how should it be cut up ? hes currently on calcium sand, i know the risk for impaction but i monitor every feeding and hes never mistakenly gotten a mouthfull of sand, hes a very meticulous hunter... doesnt just lunge and bite. i have access to silk worms no problems, i use small-medium crickets, bout 1/2" long and a bit smaller varied... i was hoping he would grow quickly, but i guess thats not working as planned... thank you for the help !