Growth

[ATXdragon]

I bought are beardie from a breeder that lives close by and she was 6 weeks old and Iam guessing 6 to 8 inches long now she is 10 weeks and she is 14 inches.... Ive been feeding her reptiworms and crickets gut loaded with "Monster cricket diet" and a salad mostly collard greens and some fruits.... Is this a normal growth rate for a beardie????

 

[volvotech]

She sounds to be growing pretty quickly (as they do when they're small). Hopefully you've got a "monster" on your hands. :wink:

Throw up a couple of pictures!

 

[ATXdragon]

She sounds to be growing pretty quickly (as they do when they're small). Hopefully you've got a "monster" on your hands. :wink:

Throw up a couple of pictures!

I have some videos that me and my son made you can check them out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CZDKDesjpQ <------6 weeks


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Td5fww8EA <~~~~~10 weeks

 

[midmichicer]

pretty girl, looks healthy.

 

[sweetiepie9]

Your dragon looks great, very healthy, big tail, lots of fat stored, which is great. You're feeding her great food. The reptiworms are full of calcium, so you don't have to put calcium on them. I would just see if you can find other greens & add some veggies to her diet. Any type of squash is great, squash is recommended as a staple. Our dragons (we have 5) get squash daily & really enjoy it. I feed ours parsley, baby bok choy, red or green leafed lettuce and swiss chard. We used to be able to get collard greens, but the store where we bought it stopped having it shipped. Collard greens are also recommended as a staple. You should check out this site, www.beautifuldragons.com and check out Nutrition. There are a few pages of what beardies can eat & how often, also a list of herbs and flowers that they can eat as treats.
Deb

 

[jjh1]

Your Beardie looks great !!! Growing nicely and looks alot like my male. Same type of pattern .
As Deb mentioned a variety of greens is great for them parsley endive arugala dandelion greens some fruits for a treat and squash totally is great they love it.
Mine loves baby food squash which I feed as a treat he will take it through a syring or lick it off my fingers . My female same thing she will open her mouth she is much easier to feed.

When feeding crix when your beardie doesnt eat them all in 15 mins do you take them out of the viv? Reason that I ask is because sometimes crix will nibble on your beardie when they are sleeping at night which is not good.

Instead of misting your beardie if you do as that can raise humidity baths are great and what I have learnt is if you put them in the warm water and then after they are alittle relaxed wiggle your fingers in the water it will make them take a drink. Thats how mine do drink.

But you Beardie is awesome and looks like you give the best care thanks for showing us the u tube vids
Joanne

Striker is 392 grams 21 inches long
Athena is 350 grams 17 inches long

 

[volvotech]

Just watched the videos. You've definitely got a great looking big guy on your hands! 8)

 

[sweetiepie9]

Boy that 2nd video sure shows that she's a great hunter, she got all those wonderfully dusted crickets! She's is great shape & it's great that she runs around to get her crickets, eating & exercising at the same time. She's just beautiful. Was she shedding her head? as it was white. She's going to be even more beautiful when she's full grown & showing off all her great colours!
Have fun,
Deb

 

[ATXdragon]

Boy that 2nd video sure shows that she's a great hunter, she got all those wonderfully dusted crickets! She's is great shape & it's great that she runs around to get her crickets, eating & exercising at the same time. She's just beautiful. Was she shedding her head? as it was white. She's going to be even more beautiful when she's full grown & showing off all her great colours!
Have fun,
Deb

Yes she was shedding her head that day...I think shes constantly shedding , she might be full color for a day or two then she starts to shed again

 

[ATXdragon]

Your Beardie looks great !!! Growing nicely and looks alot like my male. Same type of pattern .
As Deb mentioned a variety of greens is great for them parsley endive arugala dandelion greens some fruits for a treat and squash totally is great they love it.
Mine loves baby food squash which I feed as a treat he will take it through a syring or lick it off my fingers . My female same thing she will open her mouth she is much easier to feed.

When feeding crix when your beardie doesnt eat them all in 15 mins do you take them out of the viv? Reason that I ask is because sometimes crix will nibble on your beardie when they are sleeping at night which is not good.

Instead of misting your beardie if you do as that can raise humidity baths are great and what I have learnt is if you put them in the warm water and then after they are alittle relaxed wiggle your fingers in the water it will make them take a drink. Thats how mine do drink.

But you Beardie is awesome and looks like you give the best care thanks for showing us the u tube vids
Joanne

Striker is 392 grams 21 inches long
Athena is 350 grams 17 inches long

I do take out the uneaten crickets at night but there usually is none but I do always check ... Shes pretty good at finding them if they try and hide Thanks for all the great advice, I will look for some squash then next time at the grocery store

 

[Phoebe]

10 weeks!? My beardies 9 months and not as big as yours!

 

[sheri85]

omg that's huge! Archer's 9 weeks old and just under 9 inches long. i don't think i can get him to grow five inches in the next week, although that would be kind of awesome lol.

 

[falcor33]

10 WEEKS????? :shock: wow, looks like a really good eater and beardie!!!

tolkien is 10 'months' old and not that size...holy crap...he's only 14 inches and 190 grams LOL!!!
he eats like a little piggy though and has a good pot-belly going, but i dont think he'll be as big as falcor.

great job with your beardie!!!

 

[ATXdragon]

heres a new video of her.... look how big she is now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLWwy0IyfHY

 

[ATXdragon]

heres a photo of her 5 months