Signs of aging?

[chemgrl08]

Hi all. I was just wondering if anybody was familiar with beardie signs of aging. Yoshi is healthy and relatively young (only about 3 years) so I am not worried about it per se, but she does seem to have "mellowed out" from being a youngster. Just curious if others have had similar experiences with beardies that are growing up. I got her from a pet store and I know they don't exactly use good "breeding stock" or anything. After looking a lot on the internet, I'm seeing a range of 5-25 years in captivity, although the reported norm seems to be 10-15 years. Does anyone perhaps know if pet store beardies tend to have shorter lifespans?
Again, not really an issue, just curious. :study:

 

[lacy_black]

Yea they do tend to mellow out the older they get

 

[VEGASLIZARD]

I have read that with females, breeding or laying infertile eggs seems to shorten life span since it is so physically taxing on their system.

 

[spyder79]

I have read that with females, breeding or laying infertile eggs seems to shorten life span since it is so physically taxing on their system.

I would say Over breeding females shortens their lifespan. the problem is that many irresponsible breeders out there breed females multiple times in a season forcing them to use up every single reserve they have to pop out more and more eggs.