Juvenile beardie small for age, health concern

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Hello! I have a rescue beardie that I got back in june, she is about 8-9 months old. She has always been a bit undergrown but I think that she has stopped growing. She is around 13 1/2 inches right now, she is however missing the very tip of her tail. Her diet consists of mustard greens, turnip greens, dandelion greens, bell pepper, arugula, blueberries, strawberries, calciworms, crickets, mealworms and waxworms and eggs on occasion. She is also fed every day and gets calcium without d3 three times a week and vitamin spray once a week. Her uvb is a linear uvb that is mounted in her tank and extends 18" in her 36" inch tank, I think it is a t8 (but im not sure) and is 7 inches above her basking spot, it is six months old so I am going to by another one today to replace it. Is she undergrown, and if so, what do you reccomend I do? I will link pictures of her enclosure below. All help is greatly appreciated.
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kingofnobbys

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She looks fine to me .

Be aware there is wide range of final adult central bearded dragon sizes , from 15" to 26" long nose to tail tip ( with unknipped tails ) , I've had more petite ( like Cleo who's now coming up on her 2nd BD ) to a whopper who come in at 26" .

So long as she's eating well, thermoregíng properly, is active, interactive, and has no signs of illness I wouldn't obsess over her growth rate . That said I monitor my younger dragons growth on a weekly basis by recording their body weights and doing a graph for each .
 

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kingofnobbys":3o1724rk said:
She looks fine to me .

Be aware there is wide range of final adult central bearded dragon sizes , from 15" to 26" long nose to tail tip ( with unknipped tails ) , I've had more petite ( like Cleo who's now coming up on her 2nd BD ) to a whopper who come in at 26" .

So long as she's eating well, thermoregíng properly, is active, interactive, and has no signs of illness I wouldn't obsess over her growth rate . That said I monitor my younger dragons growth on a weekly basis by recording their body weights and doing a graph for each .
okay, thank you so much!
 

KarrieRee

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Hiccup he is 6 and Blaze is 4
Make sure there is NO clear plastic cover over the bulb -- if there is one take it off and leave it off the cover is blocking rays you want the bulb unobstructed -- dragons grow at their own rate and its hard to tell how big they will get-- genetics plays a role in it too
Karrie
 
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