Baby Beardies Not Growing?

[beardeddragon]

Hi all, I've had a pair of baby bearded dragons for about 2 or 3 months now, and supposedly they were about 2 months old when I bought them, but they have barely grown at all? They both have UV, heat( 40-50 deg hot end) and are eating some vegetables/fruit and lots of crickets. I've seen people who have had dragons this age that are huge compared to mine, mine have grown a little but they are still very small. Should they be growing fast at this age?

Cheers

 

[MesseNoire]

What UVB are you using?
How often are you using supplements?
Are they housed together? If so, I would separate them.

 

[rockethead]

I had a male bearded dragon he was small only just got over 40 cm where as another I had was over 50 cm but female
what size are they just thinking are they pygmy bearded dragons

 

[jacevy]

I agree with above.
I would think they are pygmy

 

[Grogshla]

they should be eating machines at that age. Literally should be able to smash crickets 2-3 times a day and vegies also. Make sure your UVB is 10.0 rating and it is within about 20cm from the dragons and unobstructed by glass.

 

[AnimalsGirl]

Could you post a picture for ID?

 

[beardeddragon]

They are eating machines aha. They were initially together for the first month or so so that might have slowed them down a bit, seperated now, outback max UVB tube and I'm waiting on getting a uvb tube for the other tank at the moment it just has compact uvb bulb things. They aren't pigmys, they are centrals I bought them from an experienced reptile shop in Adelaide(Reptile City). While they were being housed together the dominant one grew significantly more but he has slowed down a bit.

 

[adz83]

how many crickets are they eating?

 

[beardeddragon]

As many as they want daily, cockroaches too. Average probably 10-30 a day, one of them isn't as much of a keen eater and maybe only eats 10-20.

 

[Grogshla]

yeah cool keep it up mate. Also keep dusting those crickets with calcium and vitamin powder. They will love you for it