Old Beardies...? How can U tell?

[rescuebeardies]

Hi all! Happy New Years to all of you! I need some info in regards to aging beardies. As many of you already know I rescue unwanted beadies, but ALL of my rescues do not have an exact age when I inquire them. I have been told that many of them are 3 or 4 years old; so I go by that. I guess my question would be, how does one know if a bearded dragon is in its senior years? I have a rescue, who I have had for at least 3 years and he eats and eats but it seems like he isnt gaining any more weight, in fact it looks like he is losing weight (I've noticed this is a short time). This beardie is one that I all my own and one of my success stories. I am new to the ageing beardie process. Any suggestions or advice would be useful to me. Thank you.
KAREN

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

Hi Karen,
Unfortunately without a hatch date its mostly guess work. Now I have dragons I am keeping past their breeding years and they dont hold weight like they used to. Big Rhonda is a good example of that. At her peak breeding years she was 500 grams. Now she is a mear 380 grams.

 

[athenacp]

That's a hard one, we got Digger 7 years ago from a breeder and at that time we were told he was one year old, he will be 8 years old and his weight flucuates from 425 to 453 grams, he has never been heavier than 453 grams. If he is cooperative this weekend I will weigh him again to see.

 

[rescuebeardies]

Hi! Thanks you two for your help. I may end up taking Sydney to the vet just to have him checked out. Bot thanks again for ur help.
Take care
KAREN