Stimulate feeding?

Is there any way to stimulate a bearded dragon to eat because my beardie does not always eat 20 crickets in a day sometimes 15 or 10

Their appetites fluctuate and that is normal. As long as they are active/alert and otherwise seem OK, just offer food regularly and let them take what they want.

CooperDragon":2mq4gqc1 said:

Their appetites fluctuate and that is normal. As long as they are active/alert and otherwise seem OK, just offer food regularly and let them take what they want.

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Mine is about 5 - 4 months old (I don't know how old he was when I got him) He is very active (I considered renaming him Flash because how fast he was) and very alert but kind of thin, I dont know what they should normally look like at that age. By the way in babies or juvies (when is a beardie considered a juvie) do they have the fat stores on their head?

Hi there,

I agree that sounds like a normal healthy amount and it does very day to day.

If you are worried you can weight him weekly on a kitchen scale to track his weight. A lot of times we dont notice the growth since we see them everyday.

-Brandon

claudiusx":sqmp1tsm said:

Hi there,

I agree that sounds like a normal healthy amount and it does very day to day.

If you are worried you can weight him weekly on a kitchen scale to track his weight. A lot of times we dont notice the growth since we see them everyday.

-Brandon

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Its amazing when you watch them stalk their crickets. Sometimes I pull off a back leg of a cricket and put it on the opposite end of the enclosure and the beardie sees it than slowly creeps up to it and eats it

I like watching the hunt too. It's basically the only reason I buy crickets, and another reason to love dubias.

-Brandon

claudiusx":2gdstnc4 said:

I like watching the hunt too. It's basically the only reason I buy crickets, and another reason to love dubias.

-Brandon

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I wish I could but my mother does not want any roaches in her house so

claudiusx":m0v3ppgr said:

I like watching the hunt too. It's basically the only reason I buy crickets, and another reason to love dubias.

-Brandon

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Oh and my beardie gained 2 grams he was 14 grams but than went down 2 grams and now he is back to 14 grams and what is the normal weight for a 4-5 month old bearded dragon