KingLizardGizzardWiz
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I've had my bearded dragon King for a few months now, and he was my first beardie. I was told that he had a parasite which supposedly stunted his growth- but he seems to be nowhere near the average size for a beardie his age. He is currently ten months old, and his body is only 7" long, with a total length of around 14" with his tail. His tummy is chubby, but not fat like a typical beardie. I've been feeding him as many bugs as he wants (until he stops going for them) twice a day. I feed him a mix of medium sized dubia roaches as well as crickets. He seems to be growing more and more, but at a very slow rate. He is very active and seems happy, but I have a terrible feeling that something is not right and I am petrified at the thought that I may be doing something wrong. He happily runs around my apartment when I let him out. He has a very curious attitude, and he enjoys falling asleep on me at night so mentally he seems well. I am just gravely concerned at his lack of size. I'm new to this forum so I'm not sure how to upload an image with a post, but I have 3 recent photos of him that I uploaded. Someone please let me know if you have any advice as to what I could do to help him. My heart breaks for the little guy and I'm doing everything I can but my local pet store seems to be giving me some unbeneficial information.