Inland Bearded Dragons being the most common bearded dragons sold/owned as pets. Rankin's Bearded Dragons I think are exactly the same, just half the size.
When I bought my bearded dragon I was under the assumption that it was an inland bearded dragon, but it's now about 6-7 months later and he hasn't grown very much at all. He's about 7 inches right now, and he was maybe 5 inches when I got him.
If he was an inland dragon, he shouldInland dragons are supposed to reach thetheir full 24length of 18-24 inches in atheir first year I thought. He was growing pretty quickly when I first got him, so he should reallyeating everyday. I expected him to be about 12 inchesa foot long by now.
The part that's confusing me is that he's not showing any signs of illness. He has no trouble running around his terrarium (belly off the ground), he eats a lot when I feed him, and he defecates about once a day. But, he hasn't been shedding.
I think I'm going to get him re-checked for parasites, although I don't think those should keep him from growing that much. It's questionable where he came from exactly because I got him from a chain pet store who got him from who knows where. I can't imagine that he'd come from a specialist breeder, so there's a chance that he's the product of inbreeding I guess.
Assuming there are no parasites, and before I rule it out to inbreeding, is there a way to tell if a smallwas looking up miniature bearded dragon is adragons and came across Rankin's dragon or justbearded dragons, which are a young Inland dragondifferent species that get only 12 inches in length when they're full grown. So I was wondering if it was possible I somehow ended up with one of those instead?