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Based on your suggestions and with those from others, we have decided to expand the size of this study, besides on expanding the sample sizes, we also want to include more insect species, either feeding as staple diet or as combinations of two of them, hoping with our little force to reveal a...

Those are very good contacts to have. Thank you very much. Just put it here so everyone can see. The start-up in Australia is a waste management company, and does not plan to sell BSFL to reptile keepers. If it's for doing a cooperation of research they can fill up a special order with larvae...

Sure thing. It's indeed a good point. We are not trying to diminish any type of the feed particularly, we do understand that not any single feeder along can provide adequate nutrients overall for the health of the dragon. We provided this study just as an evidence for our customers to understand...

There are also some tricks I know people do to get a better analysis report. If a product, not necessarily the insect, is poor in protein, they can starve the animal so it burns more fat, and at the end, the total percentage of protein could go up because a relatively smaller portion of fat. And...

You are absolutely right about the current situation. There were very few publications are directly relevant to bearded dragon cares, and even fewer relevant to individual feeder insects. Due to the lack of the information, a lot claims in this community is based on personal experiences, with...

It's very exciting to see your discussion points! What you just described was a powerful digestibility study if it's done correctly. It does, however, look very expensive, and take lots of time too. This community does need a scientist leader to architect the whole building. However, what we can...

Just wanted to add this note in advance, that the wounds of this dragon were not carefully examined at the time of receiving, and the descriptions were based on pure memories, except the pictures were taken this morning. There could be a chance that the toe's bone were not completely removed and...

Thank you very much for the stress points! First let me say that most of your questions are very valuable, and after writing this reply here I can improve the post in many ways. In short, all the statements made prior to this study were either based on personal experiment or business survey...

about 30-40 would be great, and you don't need to feed them to the dragon every meal, once a day is good enough to get rid of powder dusting. You might be interested in this article: http://www.symtonbsf.com/blog/bearded-dragon-hatchlings-grow-faster-when-fed-bsfl-as-staple-diet

That's a very good point, small sample size is a weakness in this study, but it's the best we can do due to the available funding at the time. We have added an explanation for the sample size issue to the post, you can read it if you were interested in our logic behind the design. Besides the...

We thought the dusted insects were not as balanced as the BSFL, welcome to critic this study viewtopic.php?f=6&t=229292

Very Good questions! If you want to learn the detailed information, here is the original post: http://www.symtonbsf.com/blog/bearded-dragon-hatchlings-grow-faster-when-fed-bsfl-as-staple-diet Something the post didn't mention, this is a controlled study, and there were 6 dragons total, 3...

Some breeders have noticed that bearded hatchlings grew faster and molted little earlier if they were fed black soldier fly larvae (BSFL), and we have just finished an experiment to quantify how much more can they grow if use BSFL as the staple diet. Compared to the group feeding dusted roaches...

Hey guys, www.symtonbsf.com provide free shipping over the winter, and the delivery is live guaranteed regardless of the weather conditions. BSFL is more durable to cold and it's fine for winter transportation.

Black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) have recently been accepted as the best staple feeder insect for many reptiles, because of their naturally high calcium content. However, studies indicate that the nutritional value of BSFL is greatly influenced by rearing practices and diet, and there are no data...

provide the proper UV lamp and feed them black soldier fly larvae, so you don't need to worry about dusting anymore.

The larvae will shrink substantially if stored without the substrate, so for best result should keep them with the substrate

place the larvae on the paper towel to dry, and any type of the feeder dish can hold them as long as they are dried.

We have an ongoing trial testing neonate dragons using our black soldier fly larvae as staple diet, and so far the results are promising, that black soldier fly larvae along can provide sufficient nutrient to support healthy growth of the dragons. Once we have conclusive results I will post in...

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