Hey guys, Heather here from Tye-Dyed Iguana, and today we're gonna do a
fun little video. A combination of showing you just how fast bearded dragons can grow,
and also we get to have a little visit with Sam and Ella and check out how big they've gotten
since we last checked in with them. And we're also going to show you how fast Rankin's dragons grow,
because they grow really fast too, and we're gonna show you, uh, we're gonna show you some that were
hatched at the beginning of this month and show what they look like in comparison to ones that
are two months old already. So let's go check them out. So right here you see in my hand this
is a newborn bearded dragon that just hatched out today. This is one of our breeder dragons babies.
He not really active right now because he's really tired from all that hatching. Hatching is a big
job little buddy, but I'm just showing you what a less than one day old bearded dragon looks like,
and then we're gonna see what a six month old bearded dragon looks like right
over here. This is Sam and Ella. In one of our "Let's Spy on TDI" videos we revealed the names
for these guys. I hope you can understand the pun behind their names. Uh, Sam, who's sitting up here
and Ella, who's down here. So Sam and Ella, they're only about six months old each,
but you can tell that they are already huge and it just goes to show you how fast bearded
dragons grow up from the newborn size to the six month old size, and it just kind of emphasizes
that starting out with a bigger tank is the best idea, because it's not going to be long
till you're going to have to upgrade if you start them out in a smaller tank. So, a 40 breeder you
definitely want to start with even as babies, because they will grow out of any smaller tank
very quickly. So here we've got Ella, this is what she looks like when I'm holding her, so you
can see how much a handful she is. She's probably gonna move around a little bit, because she looks
like she's gonna be a little feisty. But uh, yeah, I'm gonna show you in the bottom right corner here
what she, what size she was when she was only a few days old. So you can see that in six
months time you have like a uh, almost a sub-adult beard dragon on your hands.
Yeah, she is gonna be a nice big dragon. Yes you are. Yeah, you're quite the handful,
but you're a sweetheart, aren't you? Yeah, for sure. She's a beautiful orange color,
this camera doesn't even show just how bright that orange color is.
You can see that for becoming a show bearded dragon, she's doing really good with handling,
and it's important that we get her out and handle her like this so she gets used to it,
because we want her to be a little spokesperson for her species. Yes, yes. And here's Mr. Sam,
and he uh, he's a lot more hyper than Miss Ella is over there. See?
Yeah, and you're much more hyper and he's a little bit smaller than she is too. So each dragon,
you know, they're gonna have their own uh, genetic predisposition for being either bigger or smaller.
And you see he's already getting his nice black beard in, he's got a nice dark tail, getting some
of that male coloration in. You're getting to be such a big boy, aren't you Sam? Yeah,
such a big boy, yeah. Gotta hold on to you, he's like "I'm on the move!", yeah.
All right, so now we're going to take a look at the Rankin's dragons. These
little fellas were born on August 1st of this year. You can see how tiny they are. Let's see,
actually they're not as tiny as they were when they hatched. They've grown a lot in the past
two weeks already. Yes, and they're little, oh you're not, you're friendly. Come here, come here.
Oh, some of them are smaller than others. You get some big ones, some smaller ones.
But yeah, they are a lot more hyper when they're little like this. Now I'm going to show you
what, let's see, these guys were born in the mid-June.
So let's take a look, let's see. These guys were born mid-June, so I'd say they're about
two months old. So look at this, my hand, look at those big big guys. They grow super fast.
This guy, he fits easily between my fingers and these guys, man, they are just,
they're growing so fast. Especially this one. Look at you. This one's the big one.
Oh man, look at you. I think this is the male, yeah. We kept two females and a male.
Look at you. These aren't the ones that are on our store floor. But uh, yeah, I think that's one of
the females, but look at a handful she is. Look at that. What's cool about them is that they come in
different shades of brown, got two darker ones and then that lighter one. Oh you're gonna give each
other a kiss. There, and they're a lot more calmer than the little ones as you can see, but you can
just see, man, when it comes to bearded dragons and Rankin's dragons, they grow so quickly.
So yeah, I hope you guys enjoyed that little look at our, uh,
new show beardies, Sam and Ella, and of course our little baby Rankin's dragons, and now you've got a
better idea of just how fast those two different types of dragons grow when you get them. So yeah,
make sure you start out with a bigger tank, there's no harm done by that, because they will
grow out of any smaller tanks quickly. Thanks for watching everybody, and we'll see you next time.