MrSpectrum":1pu4va7e said:Whoa, that's a lot of stress marks for a beardie that's doing great!
Too much to determine sex accurately/reliably.
Do you have another picture when s/he's not so stressed?
Has Karrie (or anyone) gone over your enclosure stats & lighting?
WinFam01":1sqaua26 said:That's what our baby looked like for a while also. We noticed it more when she got tired. Now that she's about 4-5 months they have lightened up a lot.
Can't help you with the sex as I am new, but wanted to reassure you that s/he may be just fine.
KarrieRee":2rzoejpt said:Could be his coloring- your uvb is it on top of screen or in the tank? If it's on top of screen basking decor should be 8-10 inches underneath the bulb--- he's too little at this time to figure out sex- but if you want to post back about when he's 6 months so he's bigger w/ a pic of his butt and tail in the air somebody should be able to sex him
Karrie
Claudiusx":1mcw50f1 said:Those are definitely stress marks, but it's not uncommon for babies to have them so prominent like that, especially when being handled.
You do need to arch the tail back though for us to determine sex, like in this pic
Yours might be too small though.
-Brandon
AHBD":1o5fkdc1 said:Even at your dragon's size it's often easy to sex them if you want to post a few pics with the tail arched.
They're pretty classic. See: bearded dragon stress markslaurahill749":336npimx said:Is it possible that those are not stress marks? It seems he always has them, and I am concerned now that you say that.
AHBD":55oooxgh said:Even at your dragon's size it's often easy to sex them if you want to post a few pics with the tail arched.