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Help - Is Rex (my bearded dragon) poorly?

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If he's puffing his chin out, I'd say he's starting to hit puberty. 5 months does seem a little young though - how certain are you of the exact age? How big is (s)he head to tail?

 

There's not a lot you need to do extra, though like I said they need more greens in their diet when they're older and if it is a boy then keep him away from other males as they will fight.

 

Thanks Gecko

He's started to puff his chin out but not a lot.

We are not absolutely certain of his age - when we bought him he was roughly 6 weeks old, my son bought him with his birthday money. We worked the dates back to the start of February. We were measuring him every week up to 2 weeks ago when he was about 16 inches long.

 

We arent certain that he is a boy. I've had a look at the book I got about beardies and how you can sex them. I've had a feel at the bits that you are supposed to feel (according to my book) but I cant be certain of his sex.

 

I dont really want him to come into contact with any other beardies - males because like you say they can fight and females because I dont want no baby beardies lol.

 

I'm attaching some photos of when he was younger.

 

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb228/Debz23/12042007075.jpg

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb228/Debz23/06042007048.jpg

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb228/Debz23/03052007111.jpg

 

Deborah

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(S)he's a cuty! I wouldn't worry about beardie babies - you're not obliged to hatch the eggs. You could dispose of them or give them to the pet shop/ a breeder

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