JakeFarnham
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Hey guys I just wanted to send a photo and to clarify if I am doing a good job with my bearded dragon growing up! Currently he is 247grams and 16 inches long, Male, he is around 6 months and like 10 days old and is growing around 20-30 grams a week, he is a very big boy and I don't believe he is fat so I think he is just growing fast! I am making sure he gets around 10-20 crickets a day and sometimes he gets around 25-50 mealworms on days he slacks off on or I don't get the chance to feed him a full meal. Don't worry the cage is fine he just likes a blanket to snuggle in and that's not the whole size cage, I also clean his water every 3 days and clean his food bowl every 3 days aswell! His current meal plan is usually greens and calcium powdered crickets every 1-2 days and large sized crickets every day. He is very aggressive towards other reptiles and get very jealous! He is always looking to seek dominance towards our snakes and mirrors, he gets along well with our 1 dog and occasionally spend 10-30 mins outside, he gets scared half the times outside and forces me to take him in, but eventually he calms down. I don't feel comfortable to take him on the ground by himself since our backyard is fenced and secure but it is very big and a lot of tiny spaces to get himself stuck in. He takes showers with me every once and awhile like maybe every 3 days out of the week and when he is shedding he likes a nice warm bath in a tub I have, usually the water is around 85-95 degrees I try to make sure he is comfortable and is not in stress by hot or too cold water I also provide rocks in the center for a bathing spot and for a rest if he gets tired he usually does a couple of dips and just rests half of his body in the water. The cage temperature is around 92-105 degrees during the day on the basking side since its hot in California and in the summer. I try to monitor the humidity to around 50%. His lights are on timers and go off around 7:00pm and go on at 7:00 am. I take him out around 2-3 times a day and he gets around 1-2 hours of excise of running around and relaxing. That's pretty much it! I just wanna know some tips and Ideas of what I am doing wrong and right! That's all! Thanks!