beardie pellets

[kjay]

anyone know where i could get 5 lb bag of beardie juvinile pellets by rep cal in canada, preferably ontario

[lizardo]

sure i have one here ill give you for free if you want my dragons ahte it

[Adrian]

I'd avoid useing those pellets exclusively, or even moderately at best. Their relatively new to the reptile husbandry scene and Their long-term effects are unknown. What i'v experienced with the pellets and so have some fellow beardie keepers is starting them off young on pellets slows their growth rate significantly, which isn't nesessarily harmful but isn't good either. It will keep them otherwise healthy but Gut-loaded insects are the key, them pellets are good just with their veggies.

just my experience with them.

[beardiedragon]

one of the current theories is prolonged feeding of feeder insects can also lead to fatty liver disease. While pellets are relatively new, BDs have only been in the pet trade for about 20 years. Not very long at all! So there are a lot of mysteries. I have been using pellets for a little over a year now with wonderful results. I know of a DVM that has raised several generations of BDs exclusively on pellets as well. There are several different brands as well as the powder from T-rex.

I believe in a combination and variety but I have cut back on feeder insects starting with this years holdbacks. JMHO

[Adrian]

Yes! i definately didn't enphasize that variety for beardies, and life too, is the 'spice of life'. Fatty liver disease will occure in adults fed insects constantly (and the same kind) beacause thier metabolism has slowed to a fraction of when it was a hatch/sub-adult. Just think of the 'Super-size" movie, cuz in excess, too many daily crickets can be like an everyday McDicks drive thru as well. Vegetables will always be equally and more so important in adult stages.

I don't find the pellets bad, my hissing roaches love them too, im just not convinced that they can compleately replace insects when thats what they have evolved and thrived on already for the last 175 million+ years.