Is my bearded dragon growing enough?

[rebeccamonteith]

Hello!

My bearded dragon is a 6 month old male. He lives in a 4ft vivarium with two UVB bulbs situated along the roof, one is a 10.0 and one 2.0. The heat lamp is situated on top of the viv, 105 F on the hot side and around 88 F on cool side (a bit too hot I know but struggling to get my thermostat to work :? ). He eats crickets and calci worms, as well as rocket, butternut squash and some occasional strawberries. Some days he'll eat hardly anything and other days he will eat loads. He is currently 14.5 inches nose to tip of the tail, 14.5 CM around the belly and 180 g. I got him at 3 1/2 months old and he was 7.5 inches then. Is this an okay size for a 6 month old male? I am constantly worried about his growth, as I've read posts on here of males being 300-400 g by this age

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks!

 

[AHBD]

Hi Rebecca, all dragons grow differently. Although some can be larger or smaller at that age, that's a very healthy size for him. There's no evidence that a super fast growing dragon is healthier so don't be jealous of the big dragons.

 

[MsCarter]

Every dragon is different and grows at different rates. 14.5 inches is a good size for a 6 month old. He's still very young and has plenty of time left to grow enjoy him being a young growing boy while you can, they grow up so fast.

 

[AHBD]

Oh, and it really is important to get the cool side down ASAP, try for 78-80 .

 

[rebeccamonteith]

Hi! Thank you for your replies!
That's a relief!
I know, my thermostat is supposed to be a "dimming thermostat", though I have it set at 85 C at the cool end and it just keeps switching the heat lamp off! So I've just not been using it the past few weeks cause I have no idea how to work it!