beardies eating insects

[rynwilliams]

Is it ok for bearded dragons to eat general insects that are found around the house. Ocassionally my bearded dragon catches a moth that flies in its cage. What other insects can they eat? spiders? rain beetles?

[Rebecca]

I wouldn't use wild caught insects in town. They can have pesticides and all that bad junk and can do harm to the lizard.

[eyespy]

I second Rebecca's post, plus they can have eaten household toxins like insulation that can cause your dragon to get sick. There are greater parasite and disease risks from wild-caught insects than ones that come from a clean insect breeder's facility.

[Colonel SB]

I THIRD THAT STATEMENT, YOUR BEARDIE COULD GET VERY SICK. iT'S JUST NOT WORTH THE RISK.

[drewlowe]

yep i agree with the rest of the post. And just incase you don't know this DO NOT ever ever ever ever feed lighting bugs a.k.a. fireflies to your beardie.

[alex_33]

I know about the never feed your bearded dragon fireflies rule, but what is the exact reason why you cant feed them to your beardie? (not that i would, just curious)

[eyespy]

Death!

http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/July99/firefly_lizard.hrs.html

[drewlowe]

hi i will post a few links that i find about it. I'm sick at the moment and don't feel like thinking to hard.http://www.users.voicenet.com/~dach/fireflies.html


http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/99/8.19.99/lizards.html

This is the only know case where i have heard of a beardie living
http://www.geocities.com/borderviewdragons/fireflies.htm