6 Month old weighs 14 grams.

[tfas]

I've seen lots of other people on here with dragons weighing 70-100 grams by this stage. Everything seems to be normal, is this a big problem?

How old is your dragon? 6 months
How long have you had your dragon? 5 months
How long is your dragon? 6 inches
What is the sex of your dragon? -
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in? 40 gal
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank? vinyl
Do you use UVB lights? Y
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb? 18inch UVB 10.0
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)? ReptileOne
How old is your UVB bulb? New
How close can your dragon get to the UVB? 6 inches
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Is it a white or colored bulb? 50watt basking bulb
What are the basking temps? 105
What is the cool side temp? 70 (its now summer, middle of the day = 80c)
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun? probe
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps? on basking ornament
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad? no
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific. Small/Medium crickets - Approximately 30-40 small/medium crickets a day, mealworms x10.
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)? Morning at 10, afternoon at 3
Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc? Yes, fruit/veges/water
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them? Calcium and vitmin 2-3 times a week.
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)? Once a day.
Do you bath your dragon? How often? Every second day for approximately 10 mins.
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the bath? 2 times aday
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done? No
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon? No

 

[Beardednoob]

I've seen lots of other people on here with dragons weighing 70-100 grams by this stage. Everything seems to be normal, is this a big problem?

How old is your dragon? 6 months
How long have you had your dragon? 5 months
How long is your dragon? 6 inches
What is the sex of your dragon? -
What size enclosure do you have your dragon in? 40 gal
What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank? vinyl
Do you use UVB lights? Y
If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb? 18inch UVB 10.0
What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)? ReptileOne
How old is your UVB bulb? New
How close can your dragon get to the UVB? 6 inches
Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Is it a white or colored bulb? 50watt basking bulb
What are the basking temps? 105
What is the cool side temp? 70 (its now summer, middle of the day = 80c)
Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun? probe
Where exactly are you taking your basking temps? on basking ornament
Do you use a heat rock or heat pad? no
What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific. Small/Medium crickets - Approximately 30-40 small/medium crickets a day, mealworms x10. I personally would cut out feeding mealworms, they are not very nutritious by themselves and can be difficult to digest. Can you get butterworms, hornworms, silkworms and or phoenix worms to feed in place?
How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)? Morning at 10, afternoon at 3
Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc? Yes, fruit/veges/water
Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them? Calcium and vitmin 2-3 times a week. Calcium should be supplemented 5x a week and multivitamins 1-2x a week for a dragon of this age.
Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)? Once a day.
Do you bath your dragon? How often? Every second day for approximately 10 mins.
Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the bath? 2 times adayBathing every other day, you do not need to mist.
Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done? NoAny time you are concerned about health related topics such as this, a fecal test should be high on your to do list.
Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon? No

Can you please post pictures of the dragon and of the enclosure.

 

[Bwalter]

I had the same problem with my girl at that age. I took her in and she had pin worms, once we treated her and it came back clear, she had a growth spurt and took off, at 6 months old she was 6 1/2" then at 9 months she had grown 9" long. I think she might have weighted in at around 18-22 grams at 6 months.

 

[AtlasStrike]

When a dragon or any animal is eating like that and not growing/gaining weight, internal parasites are almost always to blame. A fecal and deworming sounds like the best course of action.

 

[Beardednoob]

+1 to both of the above posters

 

[Cath1068]

I totally agree with the others. I just weighed my 7 month old and he weighed in at 300 grams. Definetly get him checked out.....

 

[tfas]

Thanks for all the comments. I might book him into the local reptile vet and get them to take a sample Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[Bwalter]

what a cute little beardie you have.

 

[Esther19]

He is adorable. You might want to take the fecal sample with you. It might be difficult for the vet to "take a sample." It will keep overnight in a ziploc baggie in the fridg.

 

[tfas]

Hilarious outcome.

He's in perfect healthy; however, it turns out he might be a cross bread Pygmy dragon He's up to 20 grams now and doing well.

 

[lastplaneteer]

Happy to know everything turned out okay! He's a so cute!