eyes closed

[chamitch]

hey my beardie when basking now closes his eyes more often and for longer. he is jsut reaching adulthood. fed veggies and supers. with wax and crks every now and then. gave hm a couple baths jsut to make sure it wasnt dehydration. otherwise seems alert normal eyes. probably ok just thoguth id run it buy u guys


peace

[ICULIZARD]

Sounds like he's just relaxing and enjoying the "rays" to me. How's the tank temp's? 80-85 ambiant temp and basking spot of 100-115.

I would however be worried about feeding Supers as a staple food. Crickets should be fed often as should veggies. Superworms if fed should be a treat only, same for waxworms as they are very high in fat content. If you can try to also feed Silkworms and Butterworms....your dragon will love you for it!

ICULIZARD

[chamitch]

yea tried butters he doesnt liek them. if there even in his dish he wont eat any other worms. he is mostly eating veggies and pellets. 4 or 5 supers. i dont feed waxworms often. only a couple times. and recently he got a couple a day for a few days.

temps are good. 32 basking 23 cool spot about. ok just curious

thaks

[Se_Steve]

I have heard through the yahoo pogona list that Superworms have the same nutriton make up as Crickets. I know many bearded dragon owners that use only supers as well. Steve

[ICULIZARD]

It isn't a question of nutrition, it's more about digestion as supers can be very hard to digest and cause problems for dragons. This isn't coming from something I heard....this comes from personal experience.

Crickets fed as a staple diet can be very nutritional if gutloaded properly and I don't understand why someone would take the risk and feed Supers as the main diet when crickets are so readily available. As I said before, veggies, silks and butterworms are also great sources of food as are pellets if your dragon will eat them.

ICULIZARD