Heya!
I'm fairly new to the world of beardies, having owned my first bearded dragon for a little over a month and my second for just under a week.
Both of these dragons were purchased from the same pet-store which kept about 10+ beardies per vivarium. They where apparently fed 2-3 crickets a day each. Though the stores employees couldn't have been sure of this without separating them and feeding them each individually~ which they didn't.
Both of my bearded dragons are roughly seven months old. Ozzy my first bearded dragon was about 5-6 inches when I brought her home, she was the biggest of the bunch. After a month with me she's close on 8 inches (missing and inch on her tail and a toe, due to being kept with so many other babies).
Biffy my newest little guy is the same age as Ozzy but he is only 3 inches from head to tail, (He's missing over half of his tail though) but even with that added length he is tiny. His arms and legs are like twigs. His ribs are showing. He literally looks like the 1 week old babies I've seen for sale online.
I'm doing my best to pump these guys full of dusted crickets and veggies. I dust 'em with calcium 5 times a week and multi-vitamins 2 times a week.
I'm worried that these guys will never reach anywhere near the normal 20 inches, in fact I cant see Biffy ever getting passed 8 inches.
I really want to know if their time in the pet-store has stunted their growth, and if so how will this affect their health overall?
Is there a chance they could still reach their full size and be totally healthy? Ozzy I'm not so worried about she's eating, pooping, and running about like the little legend she is, and she's grown at least two inches since I brought her home, as well as a lovely round belly.
Biffy though.. I dunno.
I'm fairly new to the world of beardies, having owned my first bearded dragon for a little over a month and my second for just under a week.
Both of these dragons were purchased from the same pet-store which kept about 10+ beardies per vivarium. They where apparently fed 2-3 crickets a day each. Though the stores employees couldn't have been sure of this without separating them and feeding them each individually~ which they didn't.
Both of my bearded dragons are roughly seven months old. Ozzy my first bearded dragon was about 5-6 inches when I brought her home, she was the biggest of the bunch. After a month with me she's close on 8 inches (missing and inch on her tail and a toe, due to being kept with so many other babies).
Biffy my newest little guy is the same age as Ozzy but he is only 3 inches from head to tail, (He's missing over half of his tail though) but even with that added length he is tiny. His arms and legs are like twigs. His ribs are showing. He literally looks like the 1 week old babies I've seen for sale online.
I'm doing my best to pump these guys full of dusted crickets and veggies. I dust 'em with calcium 5 times a week and multi-vitamins 2 times a week.
I'm worried that these guys will never reach anywhere near the normal 20 inches, in fact I cant see Biffy ever getting passed 8 inches.
I really want to know if their time in the pet-store has stunted their growth, and if so how will this affect their health overall?
Is there a chance they could still reach their full size and be totally healthy? Ozzy I'm not so worried about she's eating, pooping, and running about like the little legend she is, and she's grown at least two inches since I brought her home, as well as a lovely round belly.
Biffy though.. I dunno.
