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.
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
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...
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.
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.
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.
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:
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.