My beardie is on a bender!! Normal?

[Trajega]

Hey all,
Jelly has been eating 10-15 crix a day for the past week or two, and has had BMs every to every other day. The last 3 days she has been eating 40+ crix a day and looks at me like she is ready for the main course.

She is 4.5 months old and is halfway through a shed. To my understanding her appetite should be diminished not several fold normal.

Temperatures range from 100 to 80, Jelly chills at mid 90s usually.

She is showing stress marks in one of the pix, but she does that after shes first left alone. They tend to disappear after an hour or so.

Any info on the diet surge would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

[Sherri]

She is 4.5 months old and is halfway through a shed. To my understanding her appetite should be diminished not several fold normal.

LOL...you have yourself an adolescent there :mrgreen: I say Jelly (kewl name btw!) is eating a normal amount now LOL Welcome to the wonderful world of beardie appetite!

They are walking stomachs at that age still. I believe it is closer to a year old they may slow down. Some a little sooner ( but not at 4.5 months). Jelly is going through a major growing spurt...maybe more than a *spurt* however :headbang:

 

[FBradshaw]

Her appetite will do nothing but grow from here on out, at 4.5 months old my youngest was eating about 60 crickets a day.

 

[rehcua]

let me ask you a question what do the stress marks look like? in what pic can it be seen.

 

[TASTIGER]

stress marks are the dark lines that show up on their stomachs and beard