Winged locusts

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DiXX

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Hi all, Dobby is around 10 months old and weighed 500g at last weigh in , she’s 18” long nose tip to tail, she’s well and truly got her appetite back but seems to prefer larger prey. When would it be ok for her to have winged locusts. I’ve had a batch where a few have grown into adults. Up until now we’ve just been giving the winged ones to a reptile rescue centre but would be better if Dobby could have them.
 

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Rule of thumb no bigger that the space between their eyes I am told
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DiXX

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Yes. They sent very fat just longer it’s the wings I’m worried about sticking in her throat but she chews everything anyway
 

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Male dubias have wings similar to the locusts and adults have no trouble gobbling those guys down! Although they may be slightly softer, can't recall ever feeling locust wings before :mrgreen:

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Well if you've ever seen a male dubia you'll understand how long their wings are too! I would say you're fine if your dragon is large enough.

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Can you get a pic side by side for size comparison. They look larger than what I remember locusts looking like.

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DiXX

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Sorry a bit dopey sometimes do you mean 2 locustsside by side or locust and Dobby ?
 

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DiXX":3ne4a3wt said:
Sorry a bit dopey sometimes do you mean 2 locustsside by side or locust and Dobby ?
Locust and dobby. So I cn see how big they are in relation to him :p

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DiXX

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Well I got my answer. I held up a winged locust to get a picture and she snatched it out of my hand ?. No problem eating it. The picture is best I could do ?
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Welp that's one way to solve it haha. Even with the locust being closer to the camera, they look to be an acceptable size.

Although them being that size, I'd use more as a treat than a staple.

PS: Dobby told me to suggest the picture so she could just cut the wait and eat her snack!

-Brandon
 

DiXX

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Yes. I will only feed them to her if they grow that size. Her staple diet is medium/large locust. Occasionally crickets as I don’t like the noise they make and they look creepy. Ha ha. She has had dubia roach but I got large 25-35 mm which I thought too big and smaller which she wasn’t interested in. So will get them occasionally too. She refuses to eat veg tried all sorts but sometimes when her mouth is open I put a little in ha ha. Thank You for your help.
 
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