Big belly

amelia1 · Mar 19, 2019

My bearded dragon’s belly looks a little bigger than usual. It’s hard to tell in the picture but it is slightly distended, it looked a little worse before. Is he fat or is this another health concern? He is a juvenile and I’m pretty sure he is a male.

CooperDragon · Mar 19, 2019

He looks healthy to me. They are able to puff out and pancake at will so their skin and bellies tend to be pretty flexible and change from time to time.

Emjay22 · Mar 20, 2019

No need to be worried, they can puff out or suck in their bellies. Tavia’s belly blows up like a ballon when she’s eating her crickets and then flattens back out a bit after a few minutes. As long as there’s no hard lumps in it, then he’s okay. (To check, gently massage his belly) if there is then look up ‘impactions’ on here and you should find a solution. Good luck with him! (He’s gorgeous by the way)

Em

Drache613 · Mar 21, 2019

Hello,

The beardie belly looks normal to me also. They will become a bit larger if they have just eaten,
or as suggested, they are pancaking.
He definitely isn't fat & he is still growing so he will fill out a lot more as he gets older.

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