Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It glows brightly, and seems to prefer warm areas.

And look! It has grown wings! It must be close to maturing.

Young dragons are relatively defenseless. They are born with relatively soft scales, which are shed and replaced with harder ones as the hatchling matures. Once a hatchling’s wings grow in, it typically marks the beginning of maturation. At this point they are often capable of hunting on their own and are usually left alone by their mother.

This hatchling was forced out of its egg prematurely.

Kyrese was forced out of his egg early when it shattered.  He seemed healthy at first, but he was not growing fast enough.  His owner was forced to cast a spell on him, keeping him permanently in an adolescent state, in order to save him from dying.