overweight? eating supers and crickets

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ArielAnn

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Hello! My real question is to ask if anyone thinks my dragons are fat?

they have been getting a mixture of superworms and crickets lately (because I am fattening one of my females after she laid eggs)

they get about 5 superworms a day and about 5-10 crickets.

this here is cheddar she is 15 1/2" and eats supers just fine, completely digested. she is one of my main concerns if she is overweight. it seems like she never stops eating she just wants more and more either it be crickets or supers. but her preference is supers. she is a year and 5 months









next is swiss. she is not as fat but her attitude seems to be growing into cheddar's more and more and she loves the supers. she'll eat as many as i give her, but i try not to go over 5 or 7. she is a year and a half








this next one is jalepeno, swiss's sister. i feel like her body is just more mature than the rest of them but she is the same age as swiss they are a month older than cheddar. they are a year and a half







this last one is named Gouda. I do not know if its just me, but I feel like she is taking longer than my other dragons to mature more. she also does not eat as often as the others. she has the same set up as the others so i know she gets it just as good as they do. My real question is if she is underweight. she is 15in and a year old



 

AHBD

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Hi there....they are all pretty little dragons. :) Not one of them is overweight at all, they are all a bit small and still growing. For their length they could be a bit heavier, but they are proportioned very well. The only exception is the last one, she is too thin and could use an extra 40 or more grams.

By the way, did you breed one of them or did she lay infertile eggs ? Just asking because they are still too small to breed.
 

ArielAnn

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Thank you for replying! :D and no none of these ones. I'm probably going to wait till 2017 to at least breed jalapeño. But I think the same thing with Gouda. She's just not that much of an eater. Even when I first got her. Do you think the amount of supers I feed them is ok? :)
 

AHBD

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You're welcome ! And yes the 5-7 supers are fine for that size dragon, crickets are better than supers so it's good that they eat both. Offer greens as well, such as turnip, mustard, collard, dandelion, arugula and a variety of squash.
 
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