Seven month old Bearded Dragon too small?

[TheTechimals]

I was wondering if my bearded dragon Copper was small for her age. She still eats normally and is very healthy, but I just want an opinion on it. She is seven months old, she is about 13 inches long from head to tail, and weighs about 105 grams (give or take a few grams). Here's some pictures of her-

By the way, she has never gotten impacted from the sand before. I have never seen her eat any. No need to worry :wink:

*UPDATE* She is actually 135 grams. She was 105 grams a month or two ago. (At least she's grown some :mrgreen: )

 

[AHBD]

She is very cute. She is a bit small, but they do grow at different rates. You might offer her a few more insects per day, but she looks healthy + alert so there's no reason to be concerned.

 

[Terry15]

She looks about the right size, here is a picture of Mystic at 7-8 months.

 

[TheTechimals]

Thank you for your opinions . I will try to feed her a little more bugs.

 

[kingofnobbys]

She looks very happy and healthy to me, like others have said , there is a wide range in growth rates (even for 2 siblings who are feeding exactly the same).

Just by way of comparison ONLY - Rex and Puff were both about 230 - 260g at 7 months old. They have a sister who was 170g at the same age. They both grew to be about 700g starting off at about 8g at 6 weeks old when we brought them home from the breeder.

They were eating 2 bug meals per day (up to 12 medium gutloaded crickets + up to 2 medium sized silkworms each sitting EACH + their greens + veg + moistened juvenile beardie and lizard pellets each day at that age. Very important for a rapidly growing beardie to have LOTS of live insects in their diet and at 7 months to have a morning and an evening live feeding. I also offered first thing each day a heaping serve of grated / finely chopped carrot, sweet potato, raw peas, raw chopped green bean and finely chopped buk choi as well as moistened juvi beardie pellets mixed with moistened VetaFarm lizard pellets and coarsely torn puk or buk choi greens , dandelion leaf and flowers (the yellow flowers are very popular) , I'd leave the greens and veg and pellets in their enclosure to be replaced next am, and often saw them having a nibble even after their lights were turned off late at night.

 

[TheTechimals]

She looks very happy and healthy to me, like others have said , there is a wide range in growth rates (even for 2 siblings who are feeding exactly the same).

Just by way of comparison ONLY - Rex and Puff were both about 230 - 260g at 7 months old. They have a sister who was 170g at the same age. They both grew to be about 700g starting off at about 8g at 6 weeks old when we brought them home from the breeder.

They were eating 2 bug meals per day (up to 12 medium gutloaded crickets + up to 2 medium sized silkworms each sitting EACH + their greens + veg + moistened juvenile beardie and lizard pellets each day at that age. Very important for a rapidly growing beardie to have LOTS of live insects in their diet and at 7 months to have a morning and an evening live feeding. I also offered first thing each day a heaping serve of grated / finely chopped carrot, sweet potato, raw peas, raw chopped green bean and finely chopped buk choi as well as moistened juvi beardie pellets mixed with moistened VetaFarm lizard pellets and coarsely torn puk or buk choi greens , dandelion leaf and flowers (the yellow flowers are very popular) , I'd leave the greens and veg and pellets in their enclosure to be replaced next am, and often saw them having a nibble even after their lights were turned off late at night.

Thanks for all the tips . It looks like you take care of your bearded dragons really well. Copper is usually asleep when I get home from school (since it's winter and all) but sometimes she isn't, and that's when I feed her again. I give her lots of crickets and meal worms, and I have all sorts of different vegetables I give her, too.