How many should I feed?

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chris101

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I have a 3 month old beardie, barely reaching 9 1/2 inches and i fed him today and he had eaten about 60 crickets total including 4 mealworms. He ate about 4 in the morning, about 35 in the afternoon and about 20 at night. I was just wondering if its too much that he'd be overfeeding and i should cut it down. I do like where his weights at, he used to be pretty skinny, but the fact that hes eating a lot more makes me happy. The crickets are 3/8 inch, slightly smaller than the width between his eyes.
Also, i notice that when i order my crickets, i get them from flukers farms, that there are some weird black, small sow bug looking insects in there with them. Idk if anyone else has this too. Just wondering if i am able to feed them also or if i should get rid of them because theyre bad for the crickets. Thank u, any replies are helpful
 

VenusAndSaturn

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You cant really overfeed a young beardie, just let him have as many as he wants in 10-15 minutes each time and then by 12 months feed him once a day with however many he wants within 10-15 minutes. I probably wouldnt feed the stuff that comes with the crickets, i believe their cleaners.
 

IgneelsTamer

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VenusAndSaturn":vp7urqp4 said:
You cant really overfeed a young beardie, just let him have as many as he wants in 10-15 minutes each time and then by 12 months feed him once a day with however many he wants within 10-15 minutes. I probably wouldnt feed the stuff that comes with the crickets, i believe their cleaners.

Are you referring to the cardboard piece that's thrown in?
 

VenusAndSaturn

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No im referring to the bugs he was talking about that came in with the crickets, im pretty sure their a larvae stage of some sort of cleaner beetle.
 

IgneelsTamer

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VenusAndSaturn":glrvdh4c said:
No im referring to the bugs he was talking about that came in with the crickets, im pretty sure their a larvae stage of some sort of cleaner beetle.

Ah. Isn't there something about gutloading crickets and then feeding the crickets to the beardie?
 
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