All worm diet?

[wilddragons16]

Can a bearded dragon live on an all worm diet, maybe supplemented with crix, by that I mean hornworms, repti-worms, and silk worms. I don't fancy crix cause they're loud and stinky and messy,and I am not allowed to get roaches at all, there is a severe roach phobia in my house, like screaming in terror. So yeah, any people who REALLY know their stuff, let me know. He CANNOT die,and I want what is the absolute best for him. No offence to the others, I'm a newbie too.

 

[SouthernCritter]

I would think so. Those you listed are the best in nutes you can get. Along with good variety of greens I think your Dragon will be fine. Though she will sure "love" you more with an occasional roach

 

[unkempt1]

You can, but I strongly recommend you work crickets in for variety as well. It's not just me saying it, but peers with decades of experience.

 

[wilddragons16]

really? im curious, what makes crix so good?

 

[wilddragons16]

anyone who thinks they might have ANY ideas please advise on all worm diet, pros and cons. i haven't done a side by side nutrition analysis of crix to healthy worms, so my guess is as good as yours, but I don't want to kill my little guy...

 

[SouthernCritter]

really? im curious, what makes crix so good?

In my opinion crickets are the best bug for gut loading. They have a super long intestine track and stomach that can hold a lot. They do provide good protein but are nasty little critters.

 

[wilddragons16]

Well, I will suffer though them

 

[unkempt1]

Well, I will suffer though them

It's what I do, I keep some on the side alongside my roaches. They are great for gut-loading, unlike most worms. They also aren't as fatty. In my opinion it's roaches, crickets, then worms, in tht order.

 

[Sauzo]

Actually dubia roaches are the best for gutloading. Food will run through a cricket in like 24 hours where as a dubia can hold food for around 72 hours if I remember correctly. My order of feeders is silkworms, butterworms, phoenix/repti/calci worms, dubia roaches or any other roach, hornworms, superworms, crickets, mealworms. I personally wouldn't feed crickets cause they are notorious for harboring parasites like pinworms and I wouldn't feed mealworms cause of the high chitin content and next to nothing nutritional content. I do dubia roaches and butterworms as staple since I got a huge dubia colony and butterworms require no care at all. Silkworms are really good but they take work.

 

[wilddragons16]

you know, i have never looked at butter worms, cause they sound unhealthy, have you got nutrition facts? again, in my house, roaches are not an option. i would feed them, but others have major fears. maybe counciling? :lol:

 

[Sauzo]

Just don't say anything and put them in a tub in the closest and no one will know. As for butterworms, I don't have a sheet handy but you can google them and probably find a breakdown of their nutitional value. I know they are high in calcium and low in fat. Now waxworms, those are high in fat and are like a beardie snickers bar.