worried about over feeding

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My beardie is @ 22 weeks old and @ 14" long. I know you are supposed to feed them everything they will eat for 15 minutes, but spike attacks his food and I am afraid he would eat to much in 15 minutes. I have started feeding him silkworms as a staple and BSFL and crickets occasionally. To check my feeding, I have been giving him @100 1 1/2 silkworms per day and veggies, different greens, squash, etc. Is this to much? Do I need to stop giving so much protein?
 

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Hi there, he can eat larger ones than that and eat half that amount to get filled up. Any soft bodied insect can be fed without worrying too much about the rule of " no larger than the space between the eyes ", esp. for a dragon that's not a baby. Keep up with the variety, it sounds like he's a healthy eating machine. :)
 

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Yeah I just worry about not feeding enough, or over feeding, he just attacks live food and eats it so quick. He does however always has salad to eat, so can I assume if he is not eating all that that he is getting enough to eat? I do worry about the 15 minute rule with him, I used to use it, but as he has grown older he eats so fast, always a good eater though.
 
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Clapton is acclimating okay I think. He's quick as lightning so I'm not sure how much I should bring him out of his house yet. He's not at all interested in his salad though. I wonder if I should change what I'm giving him. Least he's eating his crickets.

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