Help determining age

[Youkai]

Howdy!! :mrgreen:

This is my new lil princess, Sakura..



So the guy at the pet store was pretty good at taking care of her while she was there. I know he didn't feed her a lot. The night I picked her up he told me that he fed her 5-10 crix a day, every other day, and leafy greens everyday. I was NOT aware of that prior to purchasing her. :shock:
Otherwise, I know her UVB was good, tank temps were good, greens and crix were dusted with calcium and vit's, and she seemed very healthy and attentive everytime I went to visit her.
She's a healthy eater now, I'm giving her as many crix as she'll eat and a variety of greens every day. She eats her greens and crix, and she poops well.

My question is: I was told she's about 6 months old. Given the picture above, it's hard to tell how small she is but I'm saying she's about 5-6 inches from nose to tail.
You can kinda get an idea of her size if you look at the temperature probe in the picture, that's about 3/4 of an inch long.

What do you all think, can you estimate how old she is? I'm torn, I just do not think she's 6 months old. I know if she wasn't fed well it would keep her size down, but I'm just not sure.
Please let me know what you think..

Thanks!! :lol:

 

[sunkist]

Personally I think she's closer to 6 weeks than 6 months. She looks smaller than my 3 month old.

 

[nesta's mommy]

i agree with the above poster, definitely not 6 months!! haha probably around 6-7 weeks

 

[MissT]

Given the fact that she was not fed correctly, im going to say there is a good chance that she is about 3-5 months old! Iv seen 12 week old beardies in pet stores around here that are no more than 4 inches long. In fact I know of one which is 15 months old and only 9 inches long!
I am, however, more inclined to say that she is somewhere between 6-12 weeks old!

She is an absolute cutie tho - that is such a sweet little face!!

 

[Youkai]

Thank you SO much!!
I was really feeling like she was much younger than 6 months. So obviously, I have no idea at this point if she is male or female. I tried sexing her but it was so hard to tell. I suppose I'll know when she gets older/bigger and find a more appropriate name for her (him) then. My gut tells me she's female though. I know that doesn't mean anything and I certainly don't know everything about beardies, but my gut is usually pretty accurate about most things.. LOL :mrgreen:

Ok so, this part of my "tale" isn't really appropriate for the "health" section....but given that she could potentially be WEEKS old instead of MONTHS...is there anything specific I need to know in terms of caring for her?
I was assuming she was months old and read as much as I could about juvies and whatnot, but I'm afraid now that if she's so young I might be doing things wrong.

I've posted a few times about her viv and what I have purchased...and everyone that replied either felt I was on the right track or had excellent advice to help me perfect everything...but I just want to double check and see what everyone can suggest.

Thanks again!!! Sakura thanks you too!! :mrgreen:

 

[sunkist]

She will need more frequent calcium and vitamins assuming you weren't giving them to her really often. Other than that just make sure she's very hydrated.