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I have two female beardies. One 11 weeks, other is 8 weeks. They were same size about 3 weeks ago (about 6 1/2". My younger beardie is passing up my older, she's a now 8" and definately has more "substance" to her and my older is 7 1/2". They are kept together in a 20L right now, both are eating dusted crix and veggies with a few rep-cal pellets mixed in. I have a uvb light and a basking light. My girls came from two different breaders. Is this just genentics? Some will just be bigger than others? They seem to get along good, they are not aggressive toward each other and share crix really good (no dominance over sharing food) I give them two veggie bowls, i think that helps. I also had fecals done just this week all neg. I am getting a thermometer hopefully today to double checks temps (i use a 75watt basking and they are about 5-6" from that. They are both active and loving! Any input would be great!

thanks,
joi

My guess would be their genetic make up is the cause of the size difference. Just like people, dragons grow at different paces, but usually end up about the same length at about a year old.
Of course, you can end up with a huge dragon and a small dragon, depending on what their parents looked like.

Keep watching that there is no bullying going on and that both are eating well. And make doubly sure they are both females!!
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