Size and age?

[DragonJosh]

Can someone give approximate lengths of beardies on age or vice versa? I don't know the exact age of one of my beardies that I got from Petco and wondering what classifies as a baby, juvenile, and adult. Thanks

 

[catUK]

This site has an excellent growth chart you can compare sizes to age:
http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Growth.html

EMBRYONIC: UP TO SEVENTY DAYS OLD: This developmental stage occurs within the egg. Generally this stage of life is controlled by the dragon's breeder and it is important to make sure that the dragon's parents (particularly the mother) were fed a nutritious diet, and that there was no inbreeding. These factors can play in important role in the dragon's whole life.
JUVENILE: UP TO 7 INCHES IN LENGTH: While the beardie is in his early months of life, he will feed constantly, needing many frequent meals to continue growing.
SUBADULT: UP TO 12 INCHES IN LENGTH: Generally, it will take between 4 and 5 months for the dragon to reach 12 inches in size and complete this life stage, but this will vary according to husbandry on the part of the owner. Generally during this stage, dragons will eat a little bit less and will tend to favor vegetables more than it did as a young hatchling.
YOUNG ADULT: 12 TO 16 INCHES IN LENGTH: When the beardie reaches this stage, he will be sexually mature and this period will last until he is approximately 3-4 years old. During this time, male and female behaviors become more pronounced; males become very territorial and more aggressive and females will actually do "push-ups" and wave their arms as a signal to males.
ADULT: 4 TO 7 YEARS OLD: Generally during this time, the dragon will stop growing or grow very little.
OLDER ADULT: 7 TO 8 YEARS: It is smart to begin to remove any high-calorie foods from the beardie's diet at this age, such as fruits and worms. Maintain feeding vegetables and insects. Generally at this point, the dragon will slowly begin eating less and less and eventually this will lead to his death.

 

[HKzForDayz]

I might add that from petco it is going to be a lot smaller then it should be as their feeding guide states 5 crickets a day per lizard.

 

[drgnfly2265]

I wish that there would be a post somewhere that shows the approximate size from the head to vent for the beardies that have lost some lengths of their tail. Like with my beardie for example. I'm not sure how much of her tail is missing (maybe 2"?). When I tell people her age and length they assume that she is very small for her age, then I have to explain the loss of her tail tip.

 

[Livey]

It is very difficult to determain size and ago, as they all grow completely different..
I mean Tiny is longer than Nu But Nu is older...
I was taking to someone the other day who had a 2 year old beardie who was only 7 inches long..
I dont know how its possible but it does happen..

 

[midmichicer]

I got Autumn in August and he could sit on my thumb, maybe 6". I measured him the other day and he is almost 17". Thats 11" in just 3 months! I looked at the guide and it says a 17" beardie is 9 months old....There is no way Autumn is that old.

 

[gzambran]

I think it really depends on the individual's genetics and of course on heat/ light and food. Alejandro is a foot long already and was born in late August (hes been growing about an inch a week) but some of his clutch-mates are smaller (around 9").