Does my beardie look healthy?

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My beardie is just 1 year old as of last month and I transfered her over to salads of collard greens and carrots primarily while changing up with bell peppers squash and beans and rarely blueberry banana or strawberry...I feed her bugs like crickets roaches (6 to 12 depending on the bug size) rarely silk/hornworms 2 to 4 times a month 2 and superworms rarely as well as calcium without d3 on all bugs and every salad and with d3 1 to 2 times a week and vitamins every 2 weeks (with d3). She has a 10.0 high output uvb bar light bulb above the tank grate right by her basking spot which hits her head when she lays on the cork bark otherwise indirectly when she's basking...her temps are 112 f basking 78 cool and 87 to 90 f hotside. Is she looking ok she's only 16.5 to 17 inches and her parents were longer than this but she's never not been anything but OK. Thank you
 

AHBD

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Hi there ! Yes she looks good. She still has some growing to do and they don't all end up huge. Growing slow and steady is what to aim for, not power feeding or trying to achieve rapid growth . You can cut back just a tiny bit on the crickets + roaches so she grows nice + slowly. Your set up + lighting sounds good, maybe adjust the basking area so she can't get that close to the light.
 

Mysticsalten

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Hi there ! Yes she looks good. She still has some growing to do and they don't all end up huge. Growing slow and steady is what to aim for, not power feeding or trying to achieve rapid growth . You can cut back just a tiny bit on the crickets + roaches so she grows nice + slowly. Your set up + lighting sounds good, maybe adjust the basking area so she can't get that close to the light.
Awesome thank you! Yeah I was worried the UVB didn't hit her properly but she's always happy and seems just fine never an issue
 

Drache613

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Hello,

I agree, she is beautiful! I think she looks very healthy as well, you can see her smiling.
The Reptisun 10 tube bulb is a great bulb. As long as it is within a 10 or so inch distance, without any screen, she should be getting adequate UVB exposure.

Tracie
 

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