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I bought my smaller beardie at petsmart on June 28th they claimed to be 3 months old. He's 5 1/2 inches roughly he weighs 6 grams. What's a healthy weight? Is he really 4 months? I'm feeding him 80% live an 20% greens. How much should.he be eating? I feed him 3 times daily.
 

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It is possible that your dragon is 4 months old, you really never will know for sure though. It's very difficult (I'd go so far as to say impossible) to accurately gauge age by size.

Either way, whether your dragon is 1 month, 3 months, or 4 months old doesn't matter too much :D

As for the eating question,

You should be offering a fresh salad every single day. I like to add a salad first thing in the morning for them to munch through on all day.
For a baby, you should be offering live insects 2-3 times per day, and AS MUCH live insects (such as crickets/dubia/PW's) as your dragon can eat in a 10-15 minute time span. This can equal over 50 appropriately sized crickets per day!

Baby dragons especially need lots of protein in the diet to keep them on a good growing pace into adulthood.

And as for weight, ideally I'd like to see a dragon a bit heavier at 5 and a half inches, but if you are feeding him like how I mentioned already, then it's ok.

-Brandon
 

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I'm doing all of that but he doesn't show much interest in crickets I'm about to switch to phoenix worms. Can someone give me a good website please? And what size worms?
 

beardedmik3

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I honestly think the medium are fine.

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Does a uvb build emit the rays in all directions, say like I lower my bulb 7" from the flooring will it emit the rays throughout the entire tank? The rock is his basking area.

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Added some things. Is the background okay? I read they don't like their reflection so I figured id put something up. It's just those fuzzy velvet art.

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