Is this normal length?

[BernardLover]

So I have a baby bearded dragon and he's in the range of 2-4 months old is it normal for him to be around 16 cm?

 

[zandi202]

So that makes him about 6", right? At 6" I would guess 5-6 weeks old. Assuming he's that old, that is a good size.

 

[BernardLover]

he is actually more like 3 and a half months old does this mean the next time he has a growth sprit he will grow a lot?

 

[zandi202]

I hope so. At 3.5 moths old my babies were 12" and 11.25".

Want to go over the set up?

 

[BernardLover]

I wouldn't mind going over the set up

 

[BernardLover]

maybe I have his age wrong but I've have him for a month and a half and the place I got him from sells them around 1-2 months old

 

[Sauzo]

Here is a site that gives you rough estimates of the size and age thing. http://www.thebeardeddragon.org/bearded-dragon.php

 

[zandi202]

1. How old is your dragon?

2. How long have you had your dragon?

3. How long is your dragon?

4. What is the sex of your dragon?

5. What size enclosure do you have your dragon in?

6. What type substrate do you have on the bottom of your tank?

7. Do you use UVB lights?

8. If so, Is it a coil, compact, fluorescent tube, or Mercury Vapor bulb?

9. What is the brand name and number of your bulb? Wattage (if MVB)?

10. How old is your UVB bulb?

11. How close can your dragon get to the UVB?

12. Do you use a separate basking bulb? What kind and what is the wattage? Is it a white or colored bulb?

13. What are the basking temps?

14. What is the cool side temp?

15. Do you take the temps with a stick on thermometer, a digital thermometer with a wire and a probe end or a temp gun?

16. Where exactly are you taking your basking temps?

17. Do you use a heat rock or heat pad?

18. What do you feed your dragon? Please be specific.

19. How often do you feed and what time do you feed (morning, afternoon, night)?

20. Do you gutload (feed) your crickets, worms, etc?

21. Do you use vitamin or calcium supplements? What brand(s)? How many days a week do you use each of them?

22. Is your dragon having regular bowel movements (poops)?

23. Do you bath your dragon? How often?

24. Do you mist your dragon or offer water other than in the bath?

25. Have you gotten a vet check and fecal done?

26. Does your dragon share an enclosure with another dragon?

 

[BernardLover]

1. around 2 and a half months old
2. 1 month and 11 days
3. unknown
4. unknown
5. paper towel, he had sand but he ate it and got constipated so we have paper towels
6. yes
7. coil
8. my mom got it at the pet store unknown brand and 75 or 100 watts
9. a couple of weeks old
10. no
11. around 80-95 degrees F
12. 70-80 degrees F
13. not that close because of tall enclosure
14. 75 degrees F right now
15.a round thermometer with the stick to point to the temperatures
16. in the basking side of the tank
17. heat pad
18. crickets, kale, pellets flavored like fruit, and definitely NOT mealworms
19. about 7:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 6:00 pm
20. yes
21. yes I put it on the crickets once a day its calcium and D3 from Exo Terra
22. yes
23. yes, at least once a week
24. yes there is a water bowl and I mist him too
25. not yet
26. no

 

[zandi202]

8. The UVB should be a ReptiSun 10.0 UVB tube and it should be mounted inside the tank. The reason being that the screen filters out 50% of the UVB. To do it, you can buy an under the counter light fixture at Walmart and 3M Command Hooks.

11. Your dragon should be about to get within 6"-8" of it and no more than that.

12. You need a basking bulb. The UVB is harmful to their eyes without it and you can't get the proper temps without one. I use a low watt flood light with a lamp dimmer switch because it is easier to control the temperature and flood lights are cheaper than basking bulbs and last longer.

11. At his age, his basking spot should be closer to 110. Once he is a sub-adult/adult 95-105 is best.

15. That thermometer cannot take accurate temperatures. It can be up to 20 degrees off. You'll want to buy either a digital temp gun or a probe for best readings. You'll also want to take the temp from where he basks and not just the warm side.

17. Ditch the heat pad. Beardies can't feel heat through their bellies and can easily burn on it.

18. Ditch the kale. It is a calcium binder and she be fed 1x a week at most. Collards, mustards, and turnip greens are the most common green staple. If you go to beautiful dragons.com they are a huge chart under nutrition of what to feed and how often.

19. Does he get 1 hour to bask before eating and 2 hours to bask after eating?

21. Calcium should be done on one meal 5x a week like you're doing and vitamins should be 2x a week.

23. Up baths to every 2-3 days. It should be warm water up to his shoulders for 15-20 minutes and every day when shedding.

24. You don't need the water bowl but as long as its small, it's all right. Ditch the misting all together because it is virtually useless and can raise humidity and cause URI.

Hope this helps!