advice needed asap please.....

[njbeardie]

my worms orders are arriving frozen and dead due to VERY cold temps. they are going to hold my order of phoenix worms due to some ore very cold temps coming this way. I have a 10 and 1/4 inch long beardie that has to be in the mood for crickets lol. can i feed him mealies until the temps warm up?

 

[citrusdragon]

Mealworms are cool for a dragon that long, though they are not my favorite because of all the chitin. Give some baths to make sure he's hydrated and no mealies get stuck.
And I would use the time to introduce more greens too

Jeff

 

[njbeardie]

i'm so afraid to feed him mealworms. it's like i can't bring myslef to buy them, i don't want to give him anything that will hurt him.

 

[beardie parents]

How well does your beardie chew his food? I ask this because we fed Redrock mealworms when she was 4 months old until she was about 14 or 15 inches long, close to one year old. We never had any impaction problems with her. All of the beardies we've had chewed their food very well. That's why I don't understand why people believe that superworms can chew their way through beardies stomach.
I can't see that happening.

 

[njbeardie]

i'd say he chews em' up pretty well. we hear him crunching! lol
he loves his wormies! right now he gets wax worms and phoenix worms. he loves loves loves those darn wax worms too bad their like the junk food of the worm world! lol
idk maybe i'll try em'.
are they're any other worms i can get for him? red worms? night crawlers? any others?

 

[beardie parents]

Phoenix worms, butterworms, hornworms (these grow really fast), silkworms (i've never tried them)

 

[gulfbrzdawn]

I would use the mealworms if that's all you can get right now.
Just keep an eye on your dragon and like Jeff said make sure you give daily baths(for hydration and poop).
I have fed my dragon mealworms on and off through the years and have never had a problem.
The biggest concern of course is impaction and I think that is more so with babies, but just to be safe feed him with caution.

Dawn