Minimum age to sell babies

[Jes]

I was just at a big box pet store and was looking at the bearded dragons for sale. They looked so so small, about 3-3 1/2 " long. I asked an associate how old they were and she said they looked like hatchling but didn't know age for sure. I know dogs and cats should be 8 weeks old before rehoming and was wondering if beardies would be similar to that.

 

[KarrieRee]

I was just at a big box pet store and was looking at the bearded dragons for sale. They looked so so small, about 3-3 1/2 " long. I asked an associate how old they were and she said they looked like hatchling but didn't know age for sure. I know dogs and cats should be 8 weeks old before rehoming and was wondering if beardies would be similar to that.

@AHBD

 

[RuthlessPumpkin]

I don't know about specific age/size but I would guess it is safe to sell when they can safely hunt/eat and bask. Typically I see this around a month old.

 

[AHBD]

More important is size and activity level. At 1 month old some healthy, well bred babies can be over 6" long whereas some 2-3 month olds may be smaller, not too healthy, slow growers in sub par conditions . So you look for size, best if they're at least 6-7" and active .

 

[xp29]

agreed, a huge issue i see with the really small beardies is trying to get feeders small enough for them, most people new to them don't understand what they need and will try to feed them food that is to big.

 

[Groggyfroggie]

The breeders I know usually start selling their (healthy) clutch at about a month old. Of course it has to do with the individual beardie and such.