My bearded just turned 4 months yesterday and she's not a great eater compared to what I hear others eating. She'll eat 8-13 crickets a day, in one feeding of about 15 minutes. If I offer them to her more than once a day, rarely will she take them. Usually she'll just look at the cricket and then close her eyes and pretend they aren't there. She'll also only eat them off of tweezers or if they are within 5-6 steps of her. Otherwise she'll just watch them run around and if they get within the 5-6 step radius, then eat them (unlike my leopard gecko who will hunt/chase them all over the place).
I keep veggies in with her (collards, green peppers, yellow squash, little bit of cantaloupe) which I see her nibbling on from time to time.
She's about 11-12" from nose to tail (going to measure tonight for accurate size) and just had a complete body shed 2 days ago. I've had her for a little over a month now.
She's in a 20L tank with a basking spot of 108-110 degrees (taken with a heat gun) and cool side of 75-80 during the day. Night gets down to about 70-75 ambient with her floor (ceramic tile) staying around 74 surface temp. In addition to the basking lamp, have a Zilla desert slimline UVB light.
I've read that Phoenix worms are an even better alternative to crickets (
Nutrition Content rates them as a "staple item"). I have a couple hundred headed my way to see if she likes them (I know my gecko will eat them if she doesn't - gecko will devour any food put in front of her). Do you keep the same guideline in feeding Phoenix worms as crickets - as many as will be eaten in 10-15 minutes?
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