EvilMuffinOverlord
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So, I've had my beardie, Artemis, for almost two months now, and he's about 5 months old.
Here's his whole schedule:
9:00 am is wake up time, and then I feed him at 10:00 am. Breakfast is crickets, as many as he can eat before slowing down and not chasing the crickets as much. Around 1:00-2:00 pm I give him lunch, which is usually a few leaves of turnip greens, and some celery leaves every now and then. Sometimes he has bell peppers instead of/with his turnip greens, and I usually use squash instead if we have any in the house (usually acorn or yellow, as those are the kinds my parents eat so we get them fairly often). If he's still hungry later, I'll give him some more of the same veggies. I calcium dust one veggie meal just about every other day (sometimes two in a row, sometimes a little longer between, but at least 3-4 times a week) Dinner is at 8:00 pm, which is the same cricket situation as breakfast. Lights out is at 10:00 pm.
A few things that I know (aka I'm trying to fix and don't need pointed out to me): I know crickets aren't the ideal solo feeder insect, but that's all my local stores carry and ordering online isn't currently an option. I do gutload them as best I can though. I also know that a 13 hour day isn't quite long enough for a beardie, but I don't have a timer set up and that's about how long I can regularly wake up and stay up without messing up Artemis' schedule. I'm considering going until 11:00 pm but I need to make sure I can consistently stay up that late before changing the schedule.
Now, my question is this. Every time Artemis' feeding time comes around, he practically throws himself at the food like he's starving. Is he? Or is he just being dramatic? How can I be sure? Should I start counting how many crickets he eats? I haven't before because the sizes are pretty inconsistent at my local pet store (I never feed him anything too big, but sometimes the store gives me crickets the size of pinheads...), And also because I didn't think it mattered how many he ate as long as he ate until he was getting full. Thank you in advance for any advice you may have for me!
(Oh, and just so you know: his tank is set up with a t5 reptisun uv bulb and a 75w zoo med basking lamp. His basking spot gets to be about 100-105 degrees. I don't have a secondary heat lamp set up. The tank is 2.5'x1.5'x2')
Here's his whole schedule:
9:00 am is wake up time, and then I feed him at 10:00 am. Breakfast is crickets, as many as he can eat before slowing down and not chasing the crickets as much. Around 1:00-2:00 pm I give him lunch, which is usually a few leaves of turnip greens, and some celery leaves every now and then. Sometimes he has bell peppers instead of/with his turnip greens, and I usually use squash instead if we have any in the house (usually acorn or yellow, as those are the kinds my parents eat so we get them fairly often). If he's still hungry later, I'll give him some more of the same veggies. I calcium dust one veggie meal just about every other day (sometimes two in a row, sometimes a little longer between, but at least 3-4 times a week) Dinner is at 8:00 pm, which is the same cricket situation as breakfast. Lights out is at 10:00 pm.
A few things that I know (aka I'm trying to fix and don't need pointed out to me): I know crickets aren't the ideal solo feeder insect, but that's all my local stores carry and ordering online isn't currently an option. I do gutload them as best I can though. I also know that a 13 hour day isn't quite long enough for a beardie, but I don't have a timer set up and that's about how long I can regularly wake up and stay up without messing up Artemis' schedule. I'm considering going until 11:00 pm but I need to make sure I can consistently stay up that late before changing the schedule.
Now, my question is this. Every time Artemis' feeding time comes around, he practically throws himself at the food like he's starving. Is he? Or is he just being dramatic? How can I be sure? Should I start counting how many crickets he eats? I haven't before because the sizes are pretty inconsistent at my local pet store (I never feed him anything too big, but sometimes the store gives me crickets the size of pinheads...), And also because I didn't think it mattered how many he ate as long as he ate until he was getting full. Thank you in advance for any advice you may have for me!
(Oh, and just so you know: his tank is set up with a t5 reptisun uv bulb and a 75w zoo med basking lamp. His basking spot gets to be about 100-105 degrees. I don't have a secondary heat lamp set up. The tank is 2.5'x1.5'x2')