ok i know what to feed him :S but crickets..when you feed them to him are hey supposed to be alive. i thought it was alive but some people told me that they should be cut up ???
Help Please!?!?!
2007-12-16 11:14:56 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Im Sorry i got it for christmas...hard to do "prior research" dont you think ???
2007-12-16 11:36:53 · update #1
Crickets should be fed live. It's important to make sure the crickets are not too big for your beardie. A good "rule of thumb" is to make sure the cricket is not larger than the space between your beardie's eyes.
2007-12-16 11:24:01 · answer #1 · answered by Finatic 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
My friend has a bearded dragon and he says he feeds it crickets that are alive. it is like the lizard is hunting and it ids better if they are alive. Some people coat the crickets in calciuim but the best person to ask is the person u bought it from or a person at a pet supply shop.
Hope this Helps
2007-12-16 11:20:26 · answer #2 · answered by winslow 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Live crickets, waxworms (not many! very fattening!), silkworms, mealworms (heads cut off), phoenix worms, grasshoppers for protien. Beardies are omnivores, so make sure to feed him things like leafy greens (not iceberg lettuce!), shredded carrots, apple, banana, etc. Make sure to always dust his food with calcium and mineral powder.
Why would you get a new pet without any prior research? Food is one of the big things you know BEFORE you bring an animal home. I suggest you buy a bearded dragon care book and educate yourself on everything about them.
2007-12-16 11:29:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Crickets should be alive, and young beardies will eat a lot of them. Also try to give him a salad, and put calcium dust on top of the crickets.
2007-12-16 13:39:19 · answer #4 · answered by boncarles 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A significant portion of the Bearded Dragon's diet must consist of leafy greens, like lettice. They can also be fed collard greens, escarole, turnip greens, mustard greens, romaine lettuce, dandelion greens, beans, parsley, kale and carrot tops, and finely diced fruit, such as strawberries and apples. and for your Q about cutting the insects up... only if their bigger then the space between the Dragons eyes. and their also really likely to get bone deseises so dust their food with a calcium supplument.
2007-12-17 06:18:51 · answer #5 · answered by monkey_person_1991 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No need to cut up any insect or cut heads off (old wives tale). Beardies don't digest mealworms easily, so they should be avoided. Only feed insects no bigger than the space between the beardies eyes. Too large can cause serious problems. Here are a couple of my favorite care/feeding sites to check out. They also need a fresh salad daily.
http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/home.html
http://www.biology.lsa.umich.edu/research/labs/ktosney/file/BD.html
2007-12-16 12:24:56 · answer #6 · answered by KimbeeJ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Live crickets for 2 reasons. 1. They are more appealing to the bearded dragon. 2. They have more nutrients and are jucier.
2007-12-16 16:13:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No No No. they are going to extra then in all probability combat and one can probably die. in the event that they dont combat then one would be extra dominate and get extra effective each thing and inflicting the different one to rigidity lots and that would reason the fewer dominate one to have a shorter stay. additionally the folk on right here telling you optimistic yet they'd breed is real....and that's undesirable at your beardies age They dont hit sexual adulthood till a while 2-3 Please dont get yet another beardie and abode them mutually. optimistic you may get yet another bearded dragon yet be certain you have yet another cage for it
2016-10-11 10:32:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they should be alive they like no eat things that are active thats how it is for them in the wild so its more appropriate to have live crickets you can also feed them lettuce to
2007-12-16 14:05:50 · answer #9 · answered by Ashley S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Live crickets, live small sized meal worms, dandelion flowers THEY LOVE THESE ((make sure they are clean not from a area sprayed with chemicals)), fresh basil leaves(I grew them this summer and he LOVED it), parsley, chopped apples, pears,bell pepper, zuchinni, dry cat food, blue berries, black berries, Lettuce (I get the mixed salad greens with all kind of baby lettuce types in it, he loves the radicchio). Try to give a good mix of things to them throughout the week to make sure they are getting enough nutrients. I've also found they are very attracted to yellow things. (AVOID THESE: bananas, corn, spinach, and tomatoes (from my experience tomatoes and bananas give them bad diarrhea). Also I know that mine doesn't care for carrots.
2007-12-16 13:55:46 · answer #10 · answered by sweetjalapeno 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋