Bearded Dragon 8 months 10 inchs??!

[IzzytheBeardedDragon]

Hey Im curious about my beardy,

Shes about 8 months and 10 inchs,, Heres her diet

-Mustard greens
-Crickets
-worms
-Calcium Powder
-Vitamin spray for greens.

Rare

Kale and Carrots




Shes not underfed skinny shes just not fat

Shes in a 40 gal,

I have a 100w basking bulb

Exo terra Compact UVB bulb
(Ive used them since she was a baby and shes never had any symptoms of what ive heard from them. Shes active. LIus ive heard bad things about the zoomed ones and others not exo terra ones.


She didnt stop growing because shes starting to shed,

So is she just a late bloomer,

Because that 1 yyear mark is coming fast and shes no where near fulll frown

 

[vickson420]

Topic moved to Health
Hello
That is quite small for her age.At her current age she should be almost full grown in length.Now I know you said "no symptoms" in regards to the UVB but that is why she is so small.She still has time to grow but she isnt getting enough UVB exposure from that bulb so at best her growth will continue to be very slow and I am afraid she will never be able to reach her full growth potential.My best recommendation to you is to ditch that bulb and get her either a linear reptiSUN 10.0 or even better invest in an MVB like the Megaray or TRex Active Heat.The MVB is the best thing you can do to help halt and possibly help her staggered growth.I must tell you however being as she is already reaching the year mark she may never reach her full growth rate.Do you have any pics of her?How many crix is she eating daily?

 

[IzzytheBeardedDragon]

No i can try and post pics later,
I dont have money right now to get the reptisun


10 or so crix plus greens.

 

[vickson420]

No i can try and post pics later,
I dont have money right now to get the reptisun


10 or so crix plus greens.

I can understand that.I just had to give you the honest answer as it is the root cause of the issue.I do reccomend going with an MVB when you can.The Megaray from reptileuv.com is by far the best buy and in my opinion the best bulb.Its 40$ online but lasts for a year minimum and the best part is it fits into a clamp lamp which means you avoid having to buy a UVB fixture as long as you have one with a ceramic base even if you dont its still cheaper as you can get them from any hardware store for 5-10$.

 

[IzzytheBeardedDragon]

Goood news, i got a flourscent tube bulb my little girl is going to sprout up like a weed,

Hopefully :roll:

 

[vickson420]

Well thats good.So you got the reptiSUN 10?New?

 

[IzzytheBeardedDragon]

Ebay its a ESU slimline fixture and it comes with a bulb. Prolly a reptisun.