I have a bearded dragon who's about 1 year old and....?

Question

I want to make sure I have her on a healthy feeding schedule. How often and how much should I feed her?

Answer 1

Your dragon should be fed as many crickets as it will eat every/every other day. I'm not sure she's ready for large - you should only feed the size that would be equal to, or less than the distance between her eyes.

Dark leafy greens, squash, and other veggies are good, but she probably won't be that interested at her age - they seem to like these better as they get older. To get her interested in them, cut them up very finely, put her "salad" in a flat dish in her tank, and drop a cricket on them - she'll much the cricket and probably get some of the veggies in her mouth. Soon, she'll realize they taste good and eat them on her own.

Make sure you're gutloading her crickets or dusting them with calcium and vitamin powder to make sure she's getting all the nutrients she needs.

And see this website if you have any other questions or concerns about your beardie:
http://www.anapsid.org/bearded.html

Answer 2

At one year offer her a salad of diffrent types of green daily, I have a link posted in my ref's that has a great list of green's and squash to feed them. If she is over 18 inches you can buy super worms and feed a few of those a day as well as maybe 20-25 large crickets. At one year most her diet will be greens however. You'll need to supplement the feeders with calcium fortified with d3 about 3 or 4 times a week (I reccomend repcal calcium with d3) and herpivite once or twice a week (repcal herpivite).

Good luck with your dragon :D

Answer 3

I am confused...what dragon would that be?? Not as in Dragon (sean connery, dragon). U guys are talking about some kind of lizard, aren't ya?

Answer 4

Not more than 8 ounces of greens each day.