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I have had an adult sandfire yellow bearded dragon for about 5 years and finally he has stopped growing at 3 years at about 14inches. Is this a normal size because he seems kind of small? Also My other 2 BD's are also growing very slowly. After about a year they are both only an inch or two bigger. I feed them about as much small crickets as they can eat everyday. What is the problem?

Are you supplimenting them with calcium and vitamins? Are you using a a uvb light? Yes, those sizes and growth rates are a bit slow and small.

We would need to know more to make an assumption about what is wrong. Substrate, tank size, heat (Basking and cool) Suppliments used, lighting used, etc.

>>I have had an adult sandfire yellow bearded dragon for about 5 years and finally he has stopped growing at 3 years at about 14inches. Is this a normal size because he seems kind of small? Also My other 2 BD's are also growing very slowly. After about a year they are both only an inch or two bigger. I feed them about as much small crickets as they can eat everyday. What is the problem?
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Lisa
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OH, and......... What other foods you are feeding and how often...

>>Are you supplimenting them with calcium and vitamins? Are you using a a uvb light? Yes, those sizes and growth rates are a bit slow and small.
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>>We would need to know more to make an assumption about what is wrong. Substrate, tank size, heat (Basking and cool) Suppliments used, lighting used, etc.
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>>>>I have had an adult sandfire yellow bearded dragon for about 5 years and finally he has stopped growing at 3 years at about 14inches. Is this a normal size because he seems kind of small? Also My other 2 BD's are also growing very slowly. After about a year they are both only an inch or two bigger. I feed them about as much small crickets as they can eat everyday. What is the problem?
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>>Lisa
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Lisa
www.beginnersbasics.com

Hm, that does seem a bit small. My guy is only 6-7 months and he is already 14 inches long and 132 grams and growing like a weed. Most of the adult dragons I've seen are 20+ inches or so.

QB