A 8" dragon is very small for being 6months old. My bearded dragon was around 3 months old and over 8 inches long. She is now nearly 18" long at 8 months, that's over twice her length in 5 months and nearly 10 times her weight. (she was around 30-40 grams when I bought her, now she is pushing 300g).



There is deffinitely something not right with your dragon. We have pinpointed the problem with yours is due to temperature and too large sized prey feed infrequently. You should feed it 1/4" crickets twice a day as much as it will eat in 10-15 minutes. Clear out any uneating crickets (or better yet, feed in another container). Offer mixed greens once or twice a day. Dust crickets with vitamines and calcium with D3 every other day.



If this doesn't work or your dragon doesn't eat more than one or two crickets a meal, you may need to give him some sort of probiotic, or diluted gaterade to help boost her appetite.



The only other thing that could be the problem is genetic. What size are his parents and siblings? Are they all very small? Or are they closer to the 18-24" most dragons get? If the breeder buddy of yours has all small dragons, then it could be poor stock animals, or they may not be Inland Bearded Dragons at all, instead maybe Rankin's Dragons.

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• My bearded dragon won't grow...CONTINUED..... - cv768, Wed Oct 22 13:07:49 2003
• I think your biggest problem is the temp..........(more) - wideglide, Wed Oct 22 13:22:14 2003
• WOW!! - velcro, Wed Oct 22 13:32:19 2003
• Take it easy - cv768, Wed Oct 22 13:45:30 2003
• WOW is right! This thread just exploded!!! (more) - wideglide, Wed Oct 22 14:08:02 2003
• RE: I think your biggest problem is the temp..........(more) - cv768, Wed Oct 22 13:40:51 2003
• RE: I think your biggest problem is the temp..........(more) - velcro, Wed Oct 22 13:45:31 2003
• RE: I think your biggest problem is the temp..........(more) - cv768, Wed Oct 22 13:49:28 2003
• Good luck!! Wishing you the best!! - velcro, Wed Oct 22 13:54:22 2003
• RE: I think the reson is... - Tom_and_Jackie, Wed Oct 22 13:47:43 2003
• RE: PS - Tom_and_Jackie, Wed Oct 22 13:48:25 2003
• RE: - Christyj, Wed Oct 22 13:50:03 2003
• RE: - cv768, Wed Oct 22 13:53:41 2003
• RE: - Christyj, Wed Oct 22 14:00:50 2003
• This is all for you and your beardies help. Please don't be offended...... - wideglide, Wed Oct 22 13:59:08 2003
• If I offended I am sorry. Really, I hope your beardie does well. n/p - wideglide, Wed Oct 22 14:02:50 2003
• RE: This is all for you and your beardies help. Please don't be offended...... - cv768, Wed Oct 22 14:03:42 2003
• I am really interested in a breeder that has been breeding them for - CheriS, Wed Oct 22 20:14:19 2003
• RE: I am really interested in a breeder that has been breeding them for - meretseger, Thu Oct 23 10:50:17 2003
• I don't breed either one but have both and from what......... - wideglide, Thu Oct 23 11:34:27 2003
• RE: - Tom_and_Jackie, Wed Oct 22 13:27:25 2003
• RE: correction - Tom_and_Jackie, Wed Oct 22 13:33:24 2003
• RE: - cv768, Wed Oct 22 13:55:03 2003
• RE: Ok - Tom_and_Jackie, Wed Oct 22 13:59:03 2003
• RE: My bearded dragon won't grow...CONTINUED..... - veronicag, Wed Oct 22 13:36:28 2003
• The above message got messed up for some reason, read this one... - veronicag, Wed Oct 22 13:42:52 2003
• RE: The above message got messed up for some reason, read this one... - cv768, Wed Oct 22 13:58:08 2003
• one cricket a day? you are starving that dragon...nt - starmom, Wed Oct 22 14:37:07 2003
• your dragon needs much more than one cricket a day...... - starmom, Wed Oct 22 14:38:30 2003
• RE: My bearded dragon won't grow...CONTINUED..... - Turtlegirl, Wed Oct 22 15:55:06 2003
• RE: My bearded dragon won't grow...CONTINUED..... - LdyPayne, Thu Oct 23 12:57:56 2003