Gaining weight or something wrong?

[AndyHarp94]

Hey guys! So my Spyro is 7 or 8 months old now and this week I've noticed that his belly starts to swell while he's eating. He normally gets a little pudge after a meal but lately it's been starting to form while eating. He's behaving normally and pooping either every day or every other day so I don't think it's impaction but I have heard of parasites sometimes causing this. I have some pictures that show it. Hopefully I'm just being paranoid and my little guy is just packing on some grams for adulthood but you can never be too careful!

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

That is a little bit of a beardie belly. LOL
Do you have any other overall body shots? At his age, he can still eat a good amount to finish up his growing. How much do you feed him, insect wise & is he eating greens/veggies very much?
Do you know how much he weighs?

Tracie

 

[AndyHarp94]

Hello,

That is a little bit of a beardie belly. LOL
Do you have any other overall body shots? At his age, he can still eat a good amount to finish up his growing. How much do you feed him, insect wise & is he eating greens/veggies very much?
Do you know how much he weighs?

Tracie

Here's some from today just after eating. He also pooped right after and I noticed some color in his urate, it looks almost pink but not quite so I'm not sure if I need to be worried or not. I'll include a picture of it that shows it really accurately. Sorry if it's gross! As far as feeding goes I give him dubia roaches twice a day, 5-10 minute feedings. I give him collard greens and mini sweet peppers every other day and sometimes some other greens or fruit as a treat every once in a while. I'm not sure on weight, we don't have a gram scale so I've never had the chance. Let me know if anything looks out of the ordinary!

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

He is just so cute! I don't think he is too heavy, etc, he is still growing too & will grow longer too.
Once he grows longer, his little belly wont look quite so round.
I think he looks perfectly fine!

Tracie

 

[AndyHarp94]

Thanks so much! And he is pretty adorable :lol:

He's my first reptile so I'm always overly cautious with him. He must have some big boy genes in him because he's already 18 inches long! But I can tell he has a good bit of growing to do.