So I just read last night that Jayne is supposed to be fed insects three times a day. She's approximately 3 months old. I have been feeding her insects twice a day (with salad available all throughout the day), and she has been growing well. She's grown more than an inch in length in the last two weeks, and she has more than doubled her weight in the last month! She added 9 grams in the last 4 days alone, from 29g to 38g. I tried feeding her three times yesterday, and she actually ate fewer worms than normal, not more. Should I keep trying to feed three times a day, or should I stick with what we've been doing? (She usually eats 25-30 at breakfast and 30-35 at dinner. Yesterday she did her typical breakfast, but only around 9 at lunch, and maybe 5 at dinner.)
Feeding twice a day?
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Whew! I like that answer. lol Thank you!! I'm willing to change things if I need to for the sake of my beardie, but if what we're doing is ok for her, I'll just stick with what she's used to. It seems to be working. She seems to be getting plenty of food, she's growing like crazy, and she has two big, healthy-looking poops every day. I can't believe how quickly they grow!
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If it's hard (practically) to give your hatchling , very young juvenile beardie 3 meals per day, you can give roaches or crickets for the two meals when you are home , and leave slow moving feeders like BSFL and or silkworms for the dragon to discover and eat at it's leisure when you are not at home.
A hatchling about 4 months old will happily eat 4 to 8 x 1.5" silkworms , plus silkworms are about as perfect a feeder insect nutritionally as you'll find , worth the expense buying them and their special chow or collecting fresh mulberry leaves for.
A hatchling about 4 months old will happily eat 4 to 8 x 1.5" silkworms , plus silkworms are about as perfect a feeder insect nutritionally as you'll find , worth the expense buying them and their special chow or collecting fresh mulberry leaves for.
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