Beardie ate worm feeder

[Jaretr]

My beardie got excited when I pulled out the silkworm colony and he ate one of the worm feeder cubes along with one of the silkworms, should I be concerned?

 

[AHBD]

Shouldn't be a problem if it was just the one piece. What size is your dragon ?

 

[Jaretr]

He’s a little over 12 inches, a little over 11 years old. Always been extremely healthy

 

[Jaretr]

He’s a little over 12 inches, a little over 11 years old. Always been extremely healthy

about half the feeder cube smooshed out of the side of his mouth and I took it before he could try again. So I’m not really concerned about the amount but more making sure there’s nothing in it that could be harmful.

 

[AHBD]

He should be fine, try to be careful next time though. Are you sure he's only 12" at 11 yrs. old ? Or is his tail broke off .

 

[Jaretr]

He should be fine, try to be careful next time though. Are you sure he's only 12" at 11 yrs. old ? Or is his tail broke off .

Yes, he’s fully grown but was much smaller than his siblings even at birth. He’s about 5-10% smaller than the average beardie. He has his full tail.

 

[xp29]

Is he a rankins?

 

[Jaretr]

I’m not sure, when I was young I got him from a local breeder. He was the first in his litter to be adopted because I thought it was cute that he was “the runt” out of the 7 or so I chose from he was obviously smaller although they were siblings.

 

[xp29]

I think around 12 inches is where the rankins max out, thats the reason i asked. It would be interesting to see his siblings and see what size they are for comparison.

 

[AHBD]

A breeder would 100 % know and tell you if it was a Rankin's because they are much more rare and a specialty lizard. It's possible that your dragon is even a little bit larger than your estimate so if you measure him you'll know for sure. Can you post a pic of him ?