Bearded dragon to small ??

[woody101]

Hi i bought 2 bearded dragons about 16+ months ago and there still small if you ask me they might be pygmy beardies but i dont know ill ask the pet store there about 18cm long head to tail and i havnt starved them i just dunno there not in a small tank or anything thing there in a 4x3x2 high URS glass enclouser and i wanna breed them next year just wanna know what you think ill get pics

 

[LiasisKing]

mine are 12 months old, the male is about 30-35 cm long, the femalse is 20-25 cm long ...

if you are going to take pictures, put a scale or ruler in the pictures next to it

 

[waruikazi]

What are your temps?

 

[woody101]

Thats on a 30cm ruler

 

[woody101]

basking spot 40 and cool end about 23-25 depends on the weather outside

 

[James..94]

How much are you feeding them?

 

[woody101]

like 8-12 large roaches every 2days and every offday vegies

 

[woody101]

should i do roaches everyday ?? whats the best so i know and i can change

 

[James..94]

Do you dust the roaches with calcium powder?

 

[James..94]

Do they have UV light?

 

[woody101]

yea not every time i feed thm like once a week is tht enough food ?? or should i start feeding more and wat about pinkies some1 told me that pinkies will boost there size

 

[James..94]

Pinkies are protein jellybeans that are very high in fat so don't feed them too often. Maybe try feeding them more roaches and putting multi-vitamin powder on there veggies.

 

[woody101]

o ok thanks how much bigger do thy need to be for breeding ??

 

[James..94]

They are too small for breeding mate maybe wait a year or so.
You can also take them out into the sun because nothing beats the real sun shine.

 

[James..94]

My beardies that are breeding are a tad over 40cm.

 

[woody101]

o ok thanks and yea i got a UV light and ive been waiting for it to warm up so i can put thm in a outside cage by day and thn bring thm in at night

 

[James..94]

o ok thanks and yea i got a UV light and I've been waiting for it to warm up so i can put them in a outside cage by day and then bring them in at night

Keep us posted on how they go mate

 

[bucket]

my male is 35cm & female is 40 she just layed 25 eggs only had them for about 2 months and not sure if there fertile eggs

 

[James..94]

my male is 35cm & female is 40 she just layed 25 eggs only had them for about 2 months and not sure if there fertile eggs

How old are they tho?

 

[Lollypop]

Am assuming they didn't brumate this winter, which could've explained their size?
Is that 8-12 woodies each or between the 2?
Ideally beardies should be fed live insects every day until 2yrs of age. Then u can knock it back to every couple of days. So yep, up the amount you're feeding them - I'd be bumping it up to every day as much as they can eat (hopefully betw. 10-20 each/day).
At this time of yr u can also fatten them up with silkworms. Try the pinkie mice, but they may be too small to be able to eat them.
As said, let us know how they go!
BTW, they look healthy enuf so should grow nicely with more food & sunshine.