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06-30-14, 11:39 AM
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Beardie stunt growth!
I feel so horrible and helpless. I recently got an 8-month-old male Beardie that makes my female Beardie, Franky, look like a hatchling. Before, I always thought that my beardie was happy and growing the way it was suppose to. I have had Franky for about 7-10 MONTHS. WHAT HAVE I DONE WRONG??
Her cage consists of sand/dirt mix, heat-capturing rocks, a tile slab for basking, and some decorations. Her light is a red night-light/heat light and I turn it off at night. I feed her a ton of meal worms every-other-day of the week so she can have her filling and she refuses to eat greens. I spray her down with water and/or put a water-bowl in there with her. Her tank shouldn't matter on sizing, but its a 20 gallon (I believe). Is there something I'm missing?
(if you are curious on defecation, she is healthy and occasional has left-over cricket shells after eating them.)
Help me please!!
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Last edited by ScalelessTime; 06-30-14 at 11:49 AM..
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06-30-14, 11:42 AM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
Maybe the other beardie is just a giant? Hopefully someone will chime in, I don't know much about beardies but you seem to be doing okay with yours! If she seems healthy and eats/poops regularly, I wouldn't worry too much. Best of luck xx
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06-30-14, 11:46 AM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
I recently looked at this website and this is why I became concerned. She looks like a 6 week-old beardie.
Bearded Dragon Growth - From Hatchling to Adult
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0.1 Western Milk: Milkdud, 0.1 Desert Phase Cal King: Liouse, 0.1 Gopher Snake: Aphrodite, 1.1 Drysdale River Bearded Dragon: Franky and Titan, 0.1 Eastern Box Turtle NO NAME, 1.0.1 Broad-head Skink NO NAME, 0.1 Beta NO NAME 0.0.0 Spider Ball: (coming soon)
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06-30-14, 11:47 AM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
Oh, and sadly she hasn't shed in quite a while. That's another issue.
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0.1 Western Milk: Milkdud, 0.1 Desert Phase Cal King: Liouse, 0.1 Gopher Snake: Aphrodite, 1.1 Drysdale River Bearded Dragon: Franky and Titan, 0.1 Eastern Box Turtle NO NAME, 1.0.1 Broad-head Skink NO NAME, 0.1 Beta NO NAME 0.0.0 Spider Ball: (coming soon)
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06-30-14, 12:00 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
Weird. Maybe she's just a small individual? Had a corn snake that never got past 2 feet. It happens sometimes. Or maybe she has a bit of Rankins in her?
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06-30-14, 12:10 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
We feed our beardies pinkie mice once or twice a week.
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06-30-14, 01:00 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
I can't say if your beardie is stunted or just small, but I would change the diet to dubias or something else with better protein than mealworms for starters. Try more than greens also. My beardie would get very finicky and refuse foods she'd been eating for months. Try new things.
Also check the hot spot. It could be too cold and slowing metabolism.
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06-30-14, 01:08 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
The heat area it raised towards the light and I have recently changed them to Superworms last Thursday when I got Titan.
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06-30-14, 04:12 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
Some are just slow growers, some are just small. We have one that hit 18"within 6 months. Another is just about a foot in 8 months or so. Definately push the greens though. Its a staple once they get larger (should make up about 80% of their adult diet)
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06-30-14, 04:14 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
Franky was the largest and fattest of the clutch when I got her at Petco. I just think it's odd.
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06-30-14, 04:20 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
I see no mention of a UVB source, bearded dragons require strong UVB rays for optimal growth.
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06-30-14, 04:34 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
Our beardies likes cantalope and apple and romane lettuce.
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06-30-14, 08:38 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
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Originally Posted by wrecker45
Our beardies likes cantalope and apple and romane lettuce.
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romaine isnt a good choice actually, its basically fiber and water and gives no real nutrion.
as far as the whole biggest in the clutch at petco bit, the lizards arent from the same clutch at a chain store, they likely arent even the same age.
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07-01-14, 08:23 AM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
Oh, well that explains a lot. LOL
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0.1 Western Milk: Milkdud, 0.1 Desert Phase Cal King: Liouse, 0.1 Gopher Snake: Aphrodite, 1.1 Drysdale River Bearded Dragon: Franky and Titan, 0.1 Eastern Box Turtle NO NAME, 1.0.1 Broad-head Skink NO NAME, 0.1 Beta NO NAME 0.0.0 Spider Ball: (coming soon)
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07-02-14, 01:22 PM
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Re: Beardie stunt growth!
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Originally Posted by ScalelessTime
Oh, well that explains a lot. LOL
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What explains a lot? Do you have some sort of UVB bulb for them?
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