12 month feeding schedule?

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Caitlinp99

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Hi everyone :)
My beardie is 12 months old next month and I was just wondering how you guys feed your dragons at this age?
I’ve seen some people say they feed livefood once a day everyday but also I’ve seen some say they feed every other day.
Also, do you offer salad everyday?
I’m just trying to work out a schedule for her in advance.
Thanks! :)
 

VenusAndSaturn

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I usually follow this kind of feeding guide that I made, it helps and seems to work good.
Sometimes I'll switch the beardies to every other day once they hit 18 months to slowly ease them into only eating bugs twice a week.

A young bearded dragons diet generally is about 70% bugs and 20% greens and 10% fruits.
Meanwhile an adult bearded dragons diet is about 20% bugs, 70% greens and 10% fruits.
(This is just a rough estimate of the diet)

All life stages eat 10-20 bugs a feeding.
1-4 months 3x a day.
4-12 months 2x a day.
12-20 months once a day.
20+ months twice a week at the least, every other day at the most.

Staple feeders - Crickets, locusts, grasshoppers, silkworms, black soldier fly larvae, dubia roaches, turkish roaches, possibly earthworms.

Treat feeders - Waxworms, hornworms, superworms, mealworms, butterworms.
Wax worms - once a week, 4-5 max.
Hornworms - every other day to every two days, 4-6 max.
Mealworms - every other day to every two days, 5-10 max. Only for beardies above 6 months.
Superworms - once or twice a week, 3-4 max. Only for beardies above 12 months.
Butterworms - once or twice a week, 3-4 max.

Daily greens- Turnip/collard/mustard greens, endive, and kale if added to a mixture of the other staple greens mentioned.
Fruit once or twice a week - Banana, strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, red raspberries.
For more food items -
http://www.thebeardeddragon.org/bearded
http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html


You want two supplements at the very least, a calcium and a multivitamin.

Generally beardies below two years need calcium 5x a week and multivitamins 2x a week.

However beardies above two years or at two years of age need calcium only 2-4x a week with
multivitamins 1-2x a week.
This depends on how your adult beardie is with diet, health, just laid eggs, is laying eggs, etc.
 
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