Chubby Beardie or Just a Big Girl?

[gigi613]

Hello everyone! SO... today marks Nagas 8th week with me, she is 13 weeks old now! I was wondering if anyone can give me insight on her growth and weight wise.
Naga is a female, 13inches and 110 grams, but only 3 months old...
I have been looking at growth charts after growth charts and usually females her size are 5 plus months!
Is my little baby overweight or is she just a fast grower; I'm getting a bit nervous.
Here are some pictures of my little poopoo girl ))

 

[kingofnobbys]

She's fine.

She's thriving and my advise is keep on doing what you are doing.

She'll likely grow to about 24" to 25" long if she stays on her current growth trajectory. She's just a tad heavier than my big girl Peppa was at the same age ( Peppa reached 800g and 25" long at 2 yrs old and is a big lazy smoogy and uber pampered girl).

 

[Aaradimian]

I don't know much about beardie size ranges, but those pics are hilarious

 

[AHBD]

I know, that standing up pic is super-cute + hilarious !! Looks good + healthy ! As for size, it has a lot to do with genetics. Some adult dragons grow no more than 17-18" no matter what you feed them. Some of the dragons I raised were nearly 18" at 5 months but most ended up at 22" by 2 years of age. A 24" dragon is that size purely because of it's DNA, just like a 7 foot basketball player is. The basketball player that is 6 feet tall did not stop growing because he wasn't fed enough, he just did not have the DNA. Same with dragons. Many beardies will never reach more than 18" no matter what you feed them . Many others will randomly fall in the 18-24" range.

 

[gigi613]

She's fine.

She's thriving and my advise is keep on doing what you are doing.

She'll likely grow to about 24" to 25" long if she stays on her current growth trajectory. She's just a tad heavier than my big girl Peppa was at the same age ( Peppa reached 800g and 25" long at 2 yrs old and is a big lazy smoogy and uber pampered girl).

Thank you so much you made me feel 100x better! I cant wait to see how big my girl gets !

 

[gigi613]

I don't know much about beardie size ranges, but those pics are hilarious

thank you! shes a real character and a real diva too!

 

[gigi613]

I know, that standing up pic is super-cute + hilarious !! Looks good + healthy ! As for size, it has a lot to do with genetics. Some adult dragons grow no more than 17-18" no matter what you feed them. Some of the dragons I raised were nearly 18" at 5 months but most ended up at 22" by 2 years of age. A 24" dragon is that size purely because of it's DNA, just like a 7 foot basketball player is. The basketball player that is 6 feet tall did not stop growing because he wasn't fed enough, he just did not have the DNA. Same with dragons. Many beardies will never reach more than 18" no matter what you feed them . Many others will randomly fall in the 18-24" range.

Thank you she posed for those pictures ! Im gonna do more digging to see how big her mama and papa were and look at her possible genetics

 

[AHBD]

Yeah, pic # 2 it looks like she's saying " let me hold my stomach in for this side shot ". :lol:
Really sweet + comical.