PrillyPayne
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Hello,
I recently picked up a new dragon from craigslist a few weeks ago. The add said she was a three year old bearded dragon but I was surprised by how small she was. When I met with the owner he said she had not been well taken care of by his ex-girlfriend and he even took it to the vet to find out why the dragon wasn't growing well. The doc just recommended some sort of bearded dragon pellet food.
As of April 15th, she is a total of 14 inches and from the tip of her nose to the base of he tail she is 6.5 inches. I thought it was strange how she could be three years old and be so small. So I did some research and found that "stunting" (a hindering of growth due to lack of space and nutrition) is sort of a myth and usually it is a different species of dragon. The two I found were Rankins and Vittikins. I feel she is more vittikins just by what I was seeing online. Is she a vittikins or could the previous owner just be B.S'ing me about how long he's had her?
I also noticed she has very reduced scales characteristic of a leatherback. I've always wanted one!
I can take more pictures if need be.
I recently picked up a new dragon from craigslist a few weeks ago. The add said she was a three year old bearded dragon but I was surprised by how small she was. When I met with the owner he said she had not been well taken care of by his ex-girlfriend and he even took it to the vet to find out why the dragon wasn't growing well. The doc just recommended some sort of bearded dragon pellet food.
As of April 15th, she is a total of 14 inches and from the tip of her nose to the base of he tail she is 6.5 inches. I thought it was strange how she could be three years old and be so small. So I did some research and found that "stunting" (a hindering of growth due to lack of space and nutrition) is sort of a myth and usually it is a different species of dragon. The two I found were Rankins and Vittikins. I feel she is more vittikins just by what I was seeing online. Is she a vittikins or could the previous owner just be B.S'ing me about how long he's had her?
I also noticed she has very reduced scales characteristic of a leatherback. I've always wanted one!
I can take more pictures if need be.