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RE: When are BD full grown?

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Posted by: BDlvr at Mon Nov 8 11:36:26 2010   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by BDlvr ]  
   

Full grown is more of a time rather than a weight. 18 months to 2 years.

My smallest adult is 404 grams and he is a very small rescue and is missing a hand and most of a foot. He likely remained small because of poor care when her was a baby. The only other adult dragon I have less than 500 grams is another rescue that came in emaciated last year at only 187 grams. He is 8 years old and now weighs 460, I expect he'll top 500 in another 6 months.

The moral of the story is that mature dragons generally weigh in the 475-550 range. They tend to put on weight as they age. Large dragons can be much heavier.

The picture below is a dragon that is almost 24" and weighs 760. His mother hovers around 800.

It's important that dragons do not get too fat. But it would be tough to recommend a proper weight without seeing the animal.



   

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