Protein: Bearded dragons enjoy live mealworms, waxworms and crickets that have been “gut loaded,” which means fed lizard-friendly vitamins and nutrients. Young beardies should eat once a day; adults may only need to dine every two days. If beardies don’t finish their entire meal, try feeding them less next time.

The main difference between a grasshopper and a cricket is that crickets tend to have long antennae, grasshoppers have short antennae. Crickets stridulate (“sing”) by rubbing their wings together, while grasshoppers stridulate by rubbing their long hind legs against their wings.

Babies should eat 20 to 40 small crickets each day. Special care must be taken to ensure hatchlings get the right food for their size. The crickets you feed should not be larger than the distance between your dragon’s eyes.

10 to 15 years

Bearded dragons live anywhere from five to fourteen years old. As pets they generally live for around ten years. Males usually live longer than females as they are bigger.

Bearded dragons over 6 years old can be called seniors. Some bearded dragons will still be rather healthy and active until 6 years old, and become seniors at 7-8 years old.

A small breed of bearded dragons will only grow to about a foot, and the smallest breed might only grow to a size of 4″ – 6″ inches….Measuring.

What Age Can You Tell The Difference? It is difficult to sex any bearded dragon younger than eight weeks old. At this age they all look very similar – no matter their gender. It will be easier and more likely that you correctly sex your bearded dragon at 8 to 12 weeks of age.

These popular bearded dragons should be around 15 to 18 inches in length at approximately 1 year of age. Some will be a bit smaller, and others could grow another few inches over its second year.

Use a flash-light (phone flash-lights work great) and shine through the base of the tail, above the vent on the tail’s topside, and look at the underside. If it’s a male, the two mentioned hemipenal bulges should be easily visible. If female, you will not see the two bulges, just the single centre bulge.