Aww... It’s a cute baby dragon. It can fit right in your palm.

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.

PygmyOfLove is a very happy and playful Pygmy Dragon hatchling. He's far smaller than any of the other hatchlings in his cave, but that has never prevented him from playing (and winning) all sorts of games. He's almost unbeatable at Hide and Squeak, having won more than any hatchling but SecretRain, a very competitive Black Dragon hatchling.