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For using a nymph-only purchase, I'd get 250-300 nymphs. That will end up with more than enough females and WAY more than enough males. You can just cull out the extra males. You might also look around on your local Craigslist and such, there are often folks who'll sell a ready to go colony...

Oh yes. My little ones have been down since early October. Rico went down last week of September...out like a light until right before Halloween. He's been waking up and basking since then, but still won't eat anything. Just gives me the stink eye if I try to offer him any buggies. Mellow...

At his age, you want to dust his crickets for 1 feeding per day. Dust with the calcium powder once per day, 5x a week. Dust with the vitamin powder once per day, 2x a week. The buggies should get a light coating of the powder, not "powdered sugar donut" levels I find the easiest way is to...

Kind of __-- (heel on the ground, toes all pointing up like the ground is hot?) Yes, that's normal. Mine do it all the time. I use some cardboard inserts on 3 sides of the cage. On the inside walls, putting it on the outside just makes a mirror. I've seen folks use construction paper...

Just to add a bit more: Wild insects are the quickest and easiest way to ensure that your dragon gets parasites (pinworms, etc).

At his age, he's growing VERY fast and needs as much protein as he can get. For a juvi dragon during their fast growth stage, the recommended feeding is to give him as many live feeders as he wants to eat per sitting/feeding, limited to about a 15 minute time period. They'll usually get...

He sounds like a normal. Normals have a huge range of colorations. BTW: most beardies are classified as "normals", unless they have a very specific set of genetics. Trans, Hypo, Leatherback, Silkback. As to his behavior, that sounds a lot like relocation stress. I'd say just let him be...

None of my three have eaten in about 1 1/2 months . . . so, they got Nothing :) All 3 are in various levels of brumation. Mellow is out for the count. Rico was out for about a month; has been awake for the past week and basking; but still gives me the "stink-eye" when I offer any food...

If he's a full sized adult (not stunted or anything), he'll be able to handle pretty much any sized hornworm. Hornworms are very soft bodied and rarely cause any kind of problem other than being VERY messy when that big. If you are really worried, you can always cut them up, although that's...

As long as you rehydrate them before feeding, I don't see why not. Note that I don't think you'll have much luck with dehydrating/rehydrating greens though. They tend to be too fragile to survive the process and end up as a kind of nasty mush after rehydration. Your dragon might not mind ...

Getting a young adult is often a better choice for a 1st time dragon owner. Adults are a lot hardier than hatchlings (and yes they eat less). Remember that you won't be feeding ONLY veggies though. You'll still need to supply him/her with live feeders. The quantity may be low enough to...

It's not a bad price overall. For a single dragon, you'll typically want between 30 (for an adult) to 50 (for a baby/juvi) breeding females. So you'll most likely have to wait for a few months before starting to feed from the colony. And that's way too many males for that size. You want...

We recommend against ANY loose-type substrate (crushed walnut shells, wood chips, sand, etc). Beardies like to lick anything and everything in their environment. That can lead to injestion and possible impaction issues. Additionally, loose substrates tend to be very bad for cleanup and...

She's too young to breed yet. You should really wait until she's fully grown (about 18-24 months...lean towards 24 if you're not certain). To me that sounds less like aggression and more like she just wasn't feeling receptive to breeding and let him know it.

I know that dragons don't do well with Citric Acid, but I wasn't aware of any issues with tomatoes or acidity in general...