how much do i feed my baby beardie?

Question

I have a adult BD. BUt this is my first time raiseing a baby. I give it vegies and meal and bout 5 meal worms everyday. Im wondering how many crickets i should give it each or everyother day. I tried looking it up on the net but havent found anyhitng. I dont want to over feed her cuz of all the complication and stuff that could happen. Iv been feeding it about 7 everyother day. So if any peeps could help. Id apperciate it-thanks

its about 3-4 iches long. and sorry about the typo i meant to say meal worms but said meal and then meal worms seperate. my bad

Answer 1

Veggies should be feed everyday or every other day. Feed him as many crickets as he will eat(baby crickets). Mine eats about 30-50 crickets and he is a baby too. Don't give him meal worms they can cause him to get impacted because they have a hard outter shell. Make sure you gut load the crickets first.

Answer 2

U should let your dragon eat as many crickets as it can in a 10 minute period. (DONT feed mealworms as the main part of the diet, as they have a high chiten contant, every so often is better).
Babies should be fed 2-3 times daily (im not sure if that 10 minutes worth of food every 2-3 times a day or split throughout the day)

Answer 3

as mentioned you should be feeding around 30-50 proper sized crickets EVERY DAY(no larger than the space between their eyes). when they are young feeding should be split into 2-3 meals a day to avoid regurgitation. Veggies should be made available every day but they usually don't eat much veggies until they get older.

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Answer 4

that sounds about right without knowing exactly how big a bearded dragon you have.. what i did with mine was just to make sure he always had veggies available.. they seem to then know how much to eat as long as theyre full on veggies, which i dont think can cause the problems youre talking about

and you may want to stagger your schedule with the mealworms.. they seem very good at time without having a wristwatch.. ive found that mine knows when its feeding time everyday, so its possible that your little guy isnt eating as many veggies in expectation of mealworms

Answer 5

ya know, i just let mine eat till it doesnt want any more. i heard that you should avoid meal worms and crickets till its a bit older, cause it can cause impactions in the gut. i never had that (mine is 2 years old now), and i fed him till he basically turned his head away. i've always fed him by hand, even now.
give her pumpkin and spinach, it will make her grow like a devil. the veggies i just leave out for him, if he wants it, he will eat. just replace it with fresh ones each day.
basically, just leave veggies out all day, and give her a mix of crickets and worms till she's had enough. also, i find they like the bugs that the mealworms turn into. the babies also like silkworms. hope it helps.

Answer 6

stress feeding a reptile might desire to consistently be an absolute final motel. this way of good form of issues can bypass incorrect and the rigidity on my own can kill a youthful dragon. you do not say how previous she is, even although curiously she remains extremely youthful. Dragons under 6 months of age might desire to be ingesting small crickets various cases an afternoon. seventy 5% of their eating recurring might desire to be protein. Getting a dragon to devour greens is obtainable in time and there are a number of undemanding techniques to charm to her to start ingesting her salads. If she will devour crickets then there is not any problem as they might desire to be the vast majority of her eating recurring besides. If she isn't ingesting in any respect, that's advisable to evaluate your husbandry. toddler dragons want a basking spot that reaches one 0 five stages to help in digestion. So, i don't understand what "specialists" you have watched on youtube have become their coaching, yet i can allow you recognize that cramming her throat with mashed nutrition is an particularly undesirable thought. Please digital mail me and we are able to talk the thank you to help your toddler devour her vegetables. yet relax certain that that's extremely elementary for youthful dragons to not opt to devour their salads and it in no way impairs her boost and progression. Calcium dusted crickets are advantageous for now and we are able to slowly make salads extra alluring.