Bearded dragon VERY small for its age

[mayulsa]

My beardie is very small for her age. She is around 10 or 11 months. She is 73 grams and about 11 inches long...

Is there anything I can do to help her? Will her life be shorter because of this?

 

[CooperDragon]

She may have some growth spurts left that will catch her up but 73g sounds pretty small. Can you post some recent photos of her? How is her activity level and appetite?

 

[kingofnobbys]

Are you sure she's not a Rankins ? (She's even a bit small for Rankins of that age I think). She still has another 12 - 15 months of growth in her before she becomes an adult.

Not an expert but so long as your husbandry is right and she gets good nutritious food, I don't think her stunted development / growth with impact on her longevity, she can still have long and happy and healthy life in the right keeper's hands.

 

[mayulsa]

She's very active. I feed her about 20 crickets dusted with Repticalcium and Herptivite twice a day as well as collard greens.

Here are some recent photos of her.

 

[mayulsa]

I'm not sure if she is a Rankins. I purchased her from Petco (not the best decision on my part, but I still love her to pieces) but it is possible..

 

[CooperDragon]

Her head shape and amount of spikes show me that she isn't a Rankins. They have rounded heads and fewer spikes. Based on the photos she does look healthy to me, just small. It's good that she is active and has an appetite. I'd just keep doing what you're doing. She may have some more growth left but even if not she looks healthy so she'll probably be fine.

 

[mayulsa]

Thank you!