Overweight Juvie

Hi,

I think my juvenile Beardie (from the estimate I made when I first I got him I think he's about 10 months old) is a bit overweight. I was just wondering if any one had any advice on ways to slim him down.. I've adjusted his feeding from when he was really young but he hasn't seemed to lose any weight. Are there certain foods I can feed him that would help?

Thanks

1How many grams is he? And how long is he?

Also I thought he had be growing a lot length wise but I've been looking at growth charts etc. and people are saying that for the age that he should be, he should be much longer than he is.. he's 10.5 inches long. I feed him calcium with vitamin D dusted crickets, occasional meal worms, still some occasional store bought pellets. For vegetables I feed him Endive, Collard Greens, Spinach, Romaine, occasional carrots, red swiss chard and riddichio.

Originally Posted by OEdwards

1How many grams is he? And how long is he?

He's 101 grams... :x

what lighting is he under and how big is the enclosure hes in sometimes that can play a part

I did notice some things I would rethink feeding to him vegtable wise in know spinach is not the best go here for more info http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html . And that is not overweight it would be under weight and I agrre with Mike maybe you could answer those question for us.

Yes and 101 grams seems underweight
As for greens at that age should still mostly be insects like 70/30% or even 80/20%
I use crickets as a staple then dubia 2-3 days and super 2-3 days and horned/silkworms 1-2 days if you raise your insects right you won't have to dust to much I use bug burger green for the adults everyday and under 15 months 5 out of 7 days
For the dragons under 15 months I use either a powersun bulb or a reptisun 10.0 with a flood lamp for heat basking spots 105 ish
Very one is different but that's what works for me

All good info! I'm glad you mentioned the percentage of protein vs greens because awhile ago was looking for how long I was supposed to keep the percentage and about what age I should start switching him over to more greens... because everyone posts what adults need and what babies need but not the switching period! so any advice on that too? for future reference as he grows
He's in a 50 gallon (38x18x17) then for light he has the Reptiglow 10.0 and a 60watt both in lamps.
Also, what is bug burger green?

Excuse me the tank is 36x18x17 and that's the food chart I've started using recently.

also some uvb bulbs only give off to about 12 inches down so i go ahead and fix it to be like that in most of my cages