I have three beardies, they are all in their own 4ft tanks and are still juveniles. Two are growing well but one is alot smaller than the other two. I was just wondering whether I should be worried? His tail isn't as long as the other two as it was bitten at the end. But in regards to head and body size he is smaller. He seems to not be eating willingly lately, unless I feed him his bugs and never eats his greens. Any ideas? Thanks, Jess
Can you post some photos of him? Is he alert and relatively active? Some of them grow at different rates so if he's smaller but active that may not indicate a problem. If he's acting lethargic it could mean something is off. You can upload photos here https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ and post them to your thread using the XIMG button.
Is the smaller's tank positioned in the middle with the other tanks either side ? (Might be a dominance thing going on).
I have 2 siblings who are currently 14 months old ,a boy(Toothless) and a girl (Peppa), and there is about 100g difference in their sizes despite IDENTICAL husbandry even down to the same number of bugs each meal give or take 2 crickets.
My girl Peppa is much more laid back and smoogy and has always been great on the tooth, my boy Toothless is a hyperenergetic livewire. Both are in perfect health.
So you see you can see changes in their growth rate that comes down to differences in genetics , sex , and personality.
Can you post some photos of him? Is he alert and relatively active? Some of them grow at different rates so if he's smaller but active that may not indicate a problem. If he's acting lethargic it could mean something is off. You can upload photos here https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ and post them to your thread using the XIMG button.
I will upload some photos for you, he is alert but doesn't run around as much as the other two. He loves attention in regards to coming out of the cage. For a while he would look out of the glass, leaning against it as if he was bored?
Is the smaller's tank positioned in the middle with the other tanks either side ? (Might be a dominance thing going on).
I have 2 siblings who are currently 14 months old ,a boy(Toothless) and a girl (Peppa), and there is about 100g difference in their sizes despite IDENTICAL husbandry even down to the same number of bugs each meal give or take 2 crickets.
My girl Peppa is much more laid back and smoogy and has always been great on the tooth, my boy Toothless is a hyperenergetic livewire. Both are in perfect health.
So you see you can see changes in their growth rate that comes down to differences in genetics , sex , and personality.
They are siblings yes. No, I have one tank in the living room and two in the kitchen one on top of the other. So the smallest s(Sidney) viv is ontop of another one. I feed the same amount of crickets too, but he doesn't seem immediately interested. Will let them run around without even looking at them. The other two beardies (spritzle and caesar) go mental when it's feeding time, biting the bag and eating as fast as possible.
Is the smaller's tank positioned in the middle with the other tanks either side ? (Might be a dominance thing going on).
I have 2 siblings who are currently 14 months old ,a boy(Toothless) and a girl (Peppa), and there is about 100g difference in their sizes despite IDENTICAL husbandry even down to the same number of bugs each meal give or take 2 crickets.
My girl Peppa is much more laid back and smoogy and has always been great on the tooth, my boy Toothless is a hyperenergetic livewire. Both are in perfect health.
So you see you can see changes in their growth rate that comes down to differences in genetics , sex , and personality.
They are siblings yes. No, I have one tank in the living room and two in the kitchen one on top of the other. So the smallest s(Sidney) viv is ontop of another one. I feed the same amount of crickets too, but he doesn't seem immediately interested. Will let them run around without even looking at them. The other two beardies (spritzle and caesar) go mental when it's feeding time, biting the bag and eating as fast as possible.
He knows his sibling is nearby I reckon. So despite them being in separate tanks , there might be dominance going on.
I would seriously consider handfeeding Sidney to be sure he gets his bugs.
Can you post some photos of him? Is he alert and relatively active? Some of them grow at different rates so if he's smaller but active that may not indicate a problem. If he's acting lethargic it could mean something is off. You can upload photos here https://www.beardeddragon.org/useruploads/ and post them to your thread using the XIMG button.
Sidney, left. Spritzle, right. Hard to tell in these though due to the way Sidney is sat. Spritzle is still bigger, especially in regards to head size.
Apologies for us in them, hard trying to show difference in size through images :lol: