Baby beardie ate calcium sand

Question
my six and a half inch bearded dragon ate some calcium sand should i be worried?

Answer
Probably not if it was only a little sand.

Pure calcium sands are touted by pet stores to have less chance for impaction, but babies should ideally be kept on paper towels, etc. to prevent chances of impaction when very young. There is also much debate about calcium sands. I use only sterilized playbox sand from home depot, which is sifted to remove the small rocks. Calcium based "sands" might be ok for a specific ingestion incident, but over the long term you have to consider whether the lizard is more attracted to licking the sand because of it's taste or color, which could mean he will ingest more of one product than another over time.

Calci-sand is marketed and encouraged sometimes to be edible, but I don't like that tactic. Pure calcium is going to bind with almost anything, especially solidify when wet, and that could make for an impaction in the lizard further down the road. I have heard some talk that tests were done on calci-sand and it did not break down very fast in acid. I don't have evidence of that specific test, but I do have some chemistry knowledge, and I know how calcium solidifies in moisture, and is also a base mineral.   

This Beardie sounds old enough that it should not be a concern in a single incidence( if he is more than a few inches snout to vent length ). But I would discard the calci-sand and start over with sifted palybox sand. My wife works at Petco, and I had to correct her on the calci-sand issue too. They are told all kinds of crap in order to sell product up there.  

Lizards routinely lick the substrate as they go around "smelling" with their tongues, and they are going to ingest a little when doing so. To make you feel better, just monitor for normal fecal passing on schedule, and proper appetite. The minute he stops going to the bathroom for a few days, or loses appetite and activity, then you need to see a vet.