CedricPeerman
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Hello, my Bearded Dragon's name is Chomps! Shes very sweet, loves to eat, however she doesnt seem to gain weight much. She is about a year and a half old, and up until recently I had the compact uvb bulb. I upgraded her to a 32" (possibly 24") 10.0 uvb bulb, and she seems to love it. The questions I have are 1) she is only about 14 inches in length, however her tail is broken off (I was told another beardie bit it when she was being transported as a baby). Is 14" (minus the inch or 2 she may be missing from her tail) extremely small, or is this somewhat normal? She also seems to need to eat a LOT of crickets and 2 huuuge bowls of kale and peppers in order to look filled out, otherwise she looks pretty skinny compared to the others I've seen. The other question I have is, her back legs dont bend backwards like all the other dragons I have seen. She almost stands up on them and extends them when she walks. It worries me that she has MBD or some other type of disease, although she has always had uvb light and calcium dusted crickets/veggies. I also feed her mealworms and waxworms (to try to put some fat on her). Any help would be greatly appreciated!