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I have two beardied both are arbout 17" to 20" and the male weighs 425 qrams and kia qeighs 396 grams. Rage my male already shows signs ofnnbeing readyn to breed, blck beard and head bobboin in patterns. I know I still have a year before trying to breed them if I'm lucky. Any ways the vet says to put them on a salad diet with miniumal insects and fuzzies. Back to the point what is the average grams weight for a male and a female? adult BDs Whats a healthy weight for my dragons?

Rather hard to say what is the average weight of a male and female dragon as it often depends on length as well.

For an adult dragon I would say average weight is between 350-450g for females and males maybe a little heavier...This would be based on dragon about 17" in length. A smaller dragon will of course not need to be as heavy and a longer dragon will be heavier...

Overall appearance makes a difference too From the picture in this post, it looks a decent weight for the size.
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PHLdyPayne

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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.