General questions

[dreshany]

General questions
I posted this in the general discussion forum but I think it may be more appropriate here.

I have a 41/2 month old beardie. He/she is only 7 inches from tip to tail. From reading other posts, this seems a bit small. How big should a beardie be at this age? How much should they grow? He/she has probably grown about 1/2inch in the month that I have had it. He/she eats well and health has been great. I feed a mix of crickets, PW's, silkies & butterworms. I put veg out everyday but in general he/she never touches it. All lights and temps are fine. I use a MVB and tems range from 100 - 85.

I have also heard that silkies are not an impaction risk. So far I have been feeding my beardie just the small ones but I am quickly running out; The rest are rather large. The space between my beardie's eyes is about 1/2 inch and the silkies range from 1-1/12 inches. Are these safe to feed to my beardie?

Thanks for your help!

 

[duke11]

Hi, your beardie is fine, all beardies grow at different rates. Your feeding is fine and for soft bodied worms it's ok to go over the limit of the space between their eyes. That rule is generally for crickets. He will be fine if you feed him the 1 inch ones. Good luck!

 

[dreshany]

Thanks for the reply, I am glad to know it is ok to feed the larger silkies because I have a lot of them and my BD loves them!

 

[dragons1222]

what suppliments are you giving and how often?

everything else sounds good as far as husbandry and everything so that could be the only thing i could think of