Bought a bearded dragon - Page 2

Strutter769 · 02-25-12, 03:24 PM

Sure, everyone has a different way of doing things, and different things DO work! I can only explain what I've experienced.

Finally, try to get them off crickets. If you can find Dubia or lobster Roaches, that'd be better. You'll very quickly tire of going to the pet store every day for crickets, and they stink, and get loose in your home. For the next three months, you'll think you're sleeping in the forest. Haha This is especially bad if you live in an apartment building... next to a nice, dark elevator shaft, perfect breeding grounds.

Of course also feed dark greens (kale, mustard greens, turnip greens...) , carrots (only occasionally), mine love bananas! Apples too.

Bradyloach · 02-25-12, 03:26 PM

Yah! I have a dubia colony! It's growing right now tgo

Strutter769 · 02-25-12, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Bradyloach

Yah! I have a dubia colony! It's growing right now tgo

Perfect! Just make sure you're feeding the correct size. Food that is too big can kill them. I think the chance of that decreases when feeding roaches, but just to be on the safe side, the general rule of thumb is the distance between their "eyebrows" atop their head. Nothing bigger than that.

Also, be careful with large meal worms. Although safe for adults, the shell may be too hard for a juvenile, and if the worm is eaten alive, it could harm/kill your dragon. Wax worms, red wigglers, those types of things are great, cuz they're soft.

Bradyloach · 02-25-12, 03:45 PM

What about super worms?

Valvaren · 02-25-12, 03:56 PM

As I stated in PM don't feed them until your dragon is over 16 inches and as far as them eating a live worm whole this has been debated and mostly viewed as a myth as it is a very rare thing. Dragons don't just gulp thing and spend quite a bit mushing and chewing them. If you google it i'm sure you will be directed to many threads on the subject.

Bradyloach · 02-25-12, 04:05 PM

Okay! Thanks for your help! I need to get a UVB tube

alessia55 · 02-25-12, 04:06 PM

Congrats on your new beardie- he looks mighty cute

KORBIN5895 · 02-25-12, 04:14 PM

My last female would eat night crawlers whole......

I also lived in an apartment building when I had my first two dragons. I was buying crickets by the box of 1000. We went away for the weekend and I didn't put the lid on. Well over 500 crickets got loose in the building.

Bradyloach · 02-25-12, 05:09 PM

Woah! Dude

alessia55 · 02-25-12, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

My last female would eat night crawlers whole......

I also lived in an apartment building when I had my first two dragons. I was buying crickets by the box of 1000. We went away for the weekend and I didn't put the lid on. Well over 500 crickets got loose in the building.

and that's why you're the village idiot

KORBIN5895 · 02-25-12, 05:36 PM

Lol! One of the tenants called the exterminator. Which kinda sucked because I had to explain to the landlord why he had an exterminator bill. Thankfully I was the superintendent there and was able to smooth it over.