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Thanks a lot! The idea that "correct weight is a subjective number" is very reassuring...and I guess this is also what makes feeding and weight a special challenge since what's fine and healthy for one beardie may not be fine and healthy for another. I'm glad, though, that I seem to be more on...

Groggyfroggie, thank you for your kind and helpful response. We lost our first beardie at the age of two, to a sudden illness, so I'm sensitive (paranoid?) when it comes to health-related issues with Yogi. :)

The only other thing I can think of, in terms of his intake, is that I've been dusting his greens with powdery bee pollen once or twice a week. I've been doing this for well over a year, and the bee pollen is what at first got him to eat his greens when he was younger, though it isn't really...

Thanks for this, too, Brandon! It's very helpful! (y)

I'm still very curious, though, if anyone has thoughts on this subject... Is the feeding info found generally on the web, for adult beardies (not babies and juveniles), excessive? Again, I'm baffled how grown beardies could stay at a healthy weight if they're regularly eating a lot of...

Brandon, many thanks for this reassuring reply! I shared your comments with Yogi and he was very happy, too! (He loves his dubias.) :LOL:

He gets very little fruit, maybe a few blueberries once a month or even every few months. His salads consist of only veggies like komatsuna (healthy Japanese mustard greens, his main staple), bok choy, daikon greens, string beans, kabocha pumpkin, etc. So I don't think he's getting much sugar...

Hello from Japan! I’ve been meaning to reach out for impressions about my beardie, Yogi, because I’ve been confused about his weight and about feeding him. This past weekend, though, he stayed in the “pet hotel” at our local reptile shop (where we originally got Yogi) and the guy there told me...