some of the beardeds

[Valvaren]

Sorry but it I don't believe you, that supposed 18 month old male shows no signs of adult hood, where as that female looks exactly like my 3 year old as far as adult shape. Sorry until I see it next to a beardie that actually qualifies as an adult.

I've only ever seen one 'giant Dragon' he was 26 inches, a giant citrus and was proven to not be of German giant bloodline.

[NBLADE]

Originally Posted by Pareeeee

These kind of pics always make me miss my old beardie. They have the best little personalities...I would get another but they are high maintenance and expensive to feed...and need bigger enclosures than I'm willing to squeeze into this apartment.

Anyway, the babies in the tub are so adorable I could just squeeze 'em! I love how tiny they are at that age!

Is the silkback really soft? He looks soft...

He is very soft, they feel kind of like pinkie mice to the touch lol.

Originally Posted by Valvaren

Sorry but it I don't believe you, that supposed 18 month old male shows no signs of adult hood, where as that female looks exactly like my 3 year old as far as adult shape. Sorry until I see it next to a beardie that actually qualifies as an adult.

I've only ever seen one 'giant Dragon' he was 26 inches, a giant citrus and was proven to not be of German giant bloodline.

Believe me or don't, it really does not matter to me, i know they are both the same age, as the male i bred myself, and the female came from a friend of mine who paid over the odds for a german giant pair, and hatched 10 days after the clutch that the male was from. He actually had a crack at mating with her a few days after the photo was taken, nothing special came from the clutch though, in size or colour, and were sold to a shop.

[Valvaren]

Means nothing, males can reach maturity at 9-10 months.

Would you consider taking a picture of that female next to say the adult normal you have about half way through the pictures, I am legitimately curious to see her size.

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Originally Posted by Valvaren

Means nothing, males can reach maturity at 9-10 months.

Would you consider taking a picture of that female next to say the adult normal you have about half way through the pictures, I am legitimately curious to see her size.

I've actually had a male mate and successfully get a fertile clutch at 6 months old, the point was more that i know the full history and ages of both those animals.
I've worked with over 1000 beardeds and kept over 40 personally, and this girl has been my personal biggest, length wise anyway, i've seen many much much heavier than her, and much wider. And there have been bigger that have come though work, i'm not claiming she is anything special, as far as i am concerned she is a nice normal looking dragon with decent size, but she comes from german giant lineage so it is how she is identified from the others.

When i do my next upload of pictures i will put more up of her, and some of the others aswell,

[Valvaren]

My issues isn't with you claiming she is of German giant bloodline it's that the beardie you have her pictured with for comparison looks no where near her age which is why I'm asking for another picture.

It's the same as if I took a picture of a year old ball next to a hatchling and expected people to compare them as if they were the same age. I don't know the age of them other then taking your word for it and I've never seen an 18 month old look like such a juvie.Your male looks more like my Dragon when she was 6 months and the female actually looks like an adult.

But whatever.

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Originally Posted by Valvaren

My issues isn't with you claiming she is of German giant bloodline it's that the beardie you have her pictured with for comparison looks no where near her age which is why I'm asking for another picture.

It's the same as if I took a picture of a year old ball next to a hatchling and expected people to compare them as if they were the same age. I don't know the age of them other then taking your word for it and I've never seen an 18 month old look like such a juvie.Your male looks more like my Dragon when she was 6 months and the female actually looks like an adult.

But whatever.

Well if we are talking about royals i could show you a yr old thats less than 400 grams and a yr old thats over 1200 grams. Everything will grow at its own rate. The picture was never designed to be a size comparison between the 2 anyway. The fact i said german giant with normal is just how they are differentiated, and because i quite like the picture. Nothing to do with the size of either of them. I just think the picture shows the males colours quite nicely. I'm not fussed if you believe me or not. I know their ages and that is good enough for me. If you choose to disbelieve me. Feel free, i will continue to know their correct ages regardless.