Regular vs Leatherback Bearded Dragon

[highaltitude45]

Hey so i am trying to decide if I want to buy a leatherback or regular bearded dragon for my first beardy! I was wondering if you could please post a pic or two of your regular or leatherback beardie for me to look at I would appreciate it! plus who doesnt like looking (and posting) at pictures of some bearded dragons?

 

[Taterbug]

Good luck picking. I almost got a leatherback they feel so different.

Pepper is a Normals Scale

 

[highaltitude45]

Wow thats a beautiful Bearded Dragon! What do you mean they feel different. You mean like physically just because of the smaller scales or what? Where did you buy your bearded dragon from? Again, it's absolutely beautiful!

 

[Taterbug]

Wow thats a beautiful Bearded Dragon! What do you mean they feel different. You mean like physically just because of the smaller scales or what? Where did you buy your bearded dragon from? Again, it's absolutely beautiful!

Yeah, physically. Because they lack the spikes on the back and the scales are flatter they feel... softer, or at least smoother. More like the belly scales do. The normal scales are petty scratchy.

Thank you! I got him from a local breeder here in Ohio - MidnightDragonz. Reptile expos are a great way to get experience hold and seeing them in person. The breeder had some leatherbacks too, I was tempted but his color won me over. Haha

 

[Brezzy99]

I have 5 regular scale and 1 leatherback. I love how soft my leatherback feels but the normal scale are my favorite.

This is Scarlett, my leatherback

This is Ember, one of my regular scaled dragons

 

[highaltitude45]

wow both of these look great as well. They both look young though! How old are they?

 

[Brezzy99]

Scarlett, my leatherback, is about 2 months old now. The picture of Ember was when he was 2 months old, he is now 7 months old and 19 1/2" long. He is a beast. I just pulled a picture of him when he was the same age as Scarlett.

 

[highaltitude45]

Wow I didnt realize that beardies grew to that size so fast! Good thing I bought a bigger terrarium to begin with!

 

[Brezzy99]

My other dragon is a bit older than him and is only 16". Ember just loves to eat. :lol:

 

[peachypink]

this is a great question! I am looking into a leatherback in the future.I would love to see some more answers to this!!

I have a regular now. She is a beauty but since she is in liver failure I have no idea how much longer I will have her. So I am thinking of a leatherback for my next. It sounds kind of morbid to be thinking about it now but I really don't know how long I will have her but I have been told it won't be long. I will take as long as she gives me for sure! Just doing a little thinking in the meantime.

 

[dragonscales]

Here is my leatherback Ember Rose. She is just over 2 years old.
This photo shows her smooth back.


Here is a closer look at her side.

 

[highaltitude45]

After looking at some of these I decided to go with what I believe to be a leatherback beardie from a pet store here in town! This here is Tony. I've only had him about a week now (I bought another one 3 weeks ago but he was sick so I had to take him back and exchange him about a week ago) but he has been great so far! i couldn't be happier with my decision!