Good morning everyone!
I wanted to confirm I am not messing up my new baby because of the way I'm feeding... was told on another forum that I shouldn't change up my beardie food as often.
When I got Kempachi he was 4 months old. I've had him for 2 months now and have fed him the following:
Came home first week with crickets- he was eating crickets as a staple at the pet store. Since I wasn't sure if he would eat anything else I slowly introduced worms.
Second/ third week he was completely off the crickets and eating dubia nymphs and silk worms.
Fourth/fifth week he is eating dubia nymphs and the occasional mealworm
Now it's week 6/7 and he will be eating BSFL and dubias. Since I got BSFL I am not dusting the dubias with calcium.
Every week he eats some mealworms since he goes bananas when I clean the bin and he sees all the wiggling, but I don't use them as a meal.
I unconsciously applied my personal eating habits to the way I feed my pets. Is this something that will make him sick?
I read that a varied diet is encouraged, but how often can you change the staple diet?
I put veggies in his tank daily, but he doesn't tough it. At the pet store they were giving him romaine lettuce, but since there was an issue with the lettuce in the US I never gave him any.
Are beardies affected by things like E coli?????????
I've put zucchini, sweet pepper, soft carrots, collard green, and cilantro in his veggie dish.
**I'm purchasing feeders online so I buy enough to last for two weeks, which is why his diet has been changing every two weeks.
I wanted to confirm I am not messing up my new baby because of the way I'm feeding... was told on another forum that I shouldn't change up my beardie food as often.
When I got Kempachi he was 4 months old. I've had him for 2 months now and have fed him the following:
Came home first week with crickets- he was eating crickets as a staple at the pet store. Since I wasn't sure if he would eat anything else I slowly introduced worms.
Second/ third week he was completely off the crickets and eating dubia nymphs and silk worms.
Fourth/fifth week he is eating dubia nymphs and the occasional mealworm
Now it's week 6/7 and he will be eating BSFL and dubias. Since I got BSFL I am not dusting the dubias with calcium.
Every week he eats some mealworms since he goes bananas when I clean the bin and he sees all the wiggling, but I don't use them as a meal.
I unconsciously applied my personal eating habits to the way I feed my pets. Is this something that will make him sick?
I read that a varied diet is encouraged, but how often can you change the staple diet?
I put veggies in his tank daily, but he doesn't tough it. At the pet store they were giving him romaine lettuce, but since there was an issue with the lettuce in the US I never gave him any.
Are beardies affected by things like E coli?????????
I've put zucchini, sweet pepper, soft carrots, collard green, and cilantro in his veggie dish.
**I'm purchasing feeders online so I buy enough to last for two weeks, which is why his diet has been changing every two weeks.