is my beardie a healthy weight?

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lillee

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so from what i’ve seen on these forums, i feel like my gerald is at a good weight, but on the other, the large, often chubby beardies i see on social media can make it rather hard to judge.
my male beardie, gerald, is about a year and a half old (i got him as a baby in May of 2018), about 18 1/2 inches long, and weighs 393 grams. he eats Dubia roaches once a day (always with salad - collard greens, butternut and yellow squash, occasionally bell pepper, carrot, zucchini), and superworms once a week. meals are dusted with calcium three times a week and with multivitamins twice a week.
he is fairly active - he has a 125 gal tank that he roams around frequently.
here are some pics - first is from when i first got him as kind of a comparison of how big he was and how much he’s grown.
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DorgEndo

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He looks like a good weight. My dragon just got diagnosed as overweight, a little bit fat, yesterday :( . If the sides of the belly start going past the knees then that is too much.
 

MrSpectrum

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lillee":7pqil1qo said:
so from what i’ve seen on these forums, i feel like my gerald is at a good weight, but on the other, the large, often chubby beardies i see on social media can make it rather hard to judge.
He looks fine. Try to keep in mind that many of those chubby dragons are just that--chubby/overweight, which is not healthy. These animals are hunters, and in nature, hunters tend to be on the lean/athletic side. :wink:
 
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