VenusAndSaturn":1dgo78wz said:
it's dehydrated and meant for cats, not lizards which to me is an immediate no. Another thing is beardies don't exactly eat fish and its a bit hard to digest, so thats another no for it.
And the fact its dehydrated doesn't mean its going to be easy at all to digest so you potentially risk digestive issues and impaction...
So overall do not feed your beardie cat treats, especially something they can't digest properly.
Thank you for another reply! The bag wasn't meant for cats specifically, that was just my original main aim for them. My dogs really enjoy them too for a little crunch! They're just small and not much of a treat since my dogs are bigger, haha. I did think about the fact that they aren't per se a natural choice for beardies, but I was still curious. People feed pinkies to their beardies, and it seems like they usually do fine if it's not often, but something so big is way out of my comfort. So I just figured something tiny like a minnow would maybe be okay on occasion? Again, I wouldn't be planning on feeding him a lot, just every now and again.
<<<< Pinkies are NOT suitable to give a bearded dragon either. (Way too hard to digest, high risk of choking , causing a very bad GIT blockage / impaction, and way to fattening, full of bacteria and viruses ) and not part of their natural diet in wild, sorry but mice were not part of the native fauna in Australia until they were introduced along with cats, rats, foxes, rabbits, cows, horses, sheep , goats, chickens in early 1800s when the colony was established in NSW, and they are not common in the natural range of bearded dragons - too arid and barren for mice.
kingofnobbys":1dgo78wz said:
Yep , ignore the advise of EXPERIENCED bearded dragon keepers because it's not what you want to hear.
Please don't be rude. I wasn't receiving an answer to the question I'd come for, so that's the only reason I was frustrated. You have no clue if I'm experienced or not. Even if I weren't, I've had my own guy long enough to be comfortable in my decisions with his diet. I do still firmly believe a freeze-dried cricket every once in a while isn't harmful--but I'm not trying to tell you that you also need to believe this. I was just wanting to know if there were any toxic elements to minnows.