How often should I give my beardie crickets???

[Nikki1292]

Now that my beardie Gizmo is older and bigger, 11 months old and about a foot long, my boyfriend who has a beardie said that I should start giving him crickets less often, only every other day or every two days. Is that right? Should I give him crickets less often, more often? He does get a big salad everyday and I don't think that should change. Comments? Ideas?

 

[runningguy]

Your boyfriends advice sounds good. Or give Gizmo just a few crickets each day. That would be about the same thing at the end of the week.

 

[Twobeardieguy]

Hello Nikki, I would still offer the crickets twice a day until about a year and a half. After that I would start offering less protein and more salads! For instance After the year to a year and a half offer the salads first thing in the morning and feeders after lunch! Good luck and just my 2cents.. Any more questions just ask!

 

[snowdragon]

This is a good topic and I would love to hear what others think would be the good age to stop feeding crickets every day and offer salad instead.

 

[fez09]

I think that most people here agree that offering a few feeders each day is a better option than every other day. As adults I think 35 live feeders per week is what's reccommended...so that's 5 per day as well as fresh salad everyday!

 

[Nikki1292]

Thats close to how many I give him now each day, which is 10, sometimes a little more, but rarely less and he LOVES his salads. I think maybe more than his crickets lol. He's a good little eater.