Am I feeding correctly?

[Jelly]

I have a 11 month old rescue and I was just wondering if I was feeding her correctly for her age. I currently give her a salad in the morning (at about 8) and let her munch on it whenever she feels hungry (she eats a decent amount of her salad, sometimes she eats it all), and at around 3:30pm, I let her eat as many insects as she wishes for 10 minutes. Is this fine?

 

[Jess]

Sounds good to me What feeders are you giving her?

 

[Jelly]

Sounds good to me What feeders are you giving her?

Crickets and Superworms.

 

[ImABeardedDragon]

yea thats fine...its exactly what i feed mine puff likes crickets but LOVES superworms

 

[xXxQZJxXx]

is it iceberg lettuce, cuz u cant feed them that

 

[ATLBeardedDragons]

Yes crickets are fine... What size are you feeding the Dragon as well? 10 minutes is a good time interval to monitor a good feeding. Even if there are some left over... You may leave a piece of green(s) on the ground so the crickets can feed off of that and it will keep the crickets hydrated as well. They wont bite your beardie.


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[Joshandmushu]

as many crickets as she wishes. well when I feed mushu I feed him 5-10 size 3 crickets once a day this was recommended by the shop and he seems to be active and pooing so I guess it's working out for him.

 

[Jess]

as many crickets as she wishes. well when I feed mushu I feed him 5-10 size 3 crickets once a day this was recommended by the shop and he seems to be active and pooing so I guess it's working out for him.

How old is your beardie? Unless its an adult, it should be having alot more than that (Im assuming its a baby if you just got it from a pet shop). 99% of the time, pet store workers are wrong. For a young dragon, as much as they can eat in 15 minutes 3X a day is what they should be eating.

 

[Joshandmushu]

he's 4 months old but I doubt that the people there are wrong seen as one of them is a qualified zoologist and rest of them fanatics anyway I'm not feeding him pinheads I'm feeding him 3/8 crickets.

 

[nair88]

a 4-month old should definitely be eating more than 5-10 3/8" crickets a day. when falkor was 4 months old, she was eating 10 times that much.

 

[Joshandmushu]

you serious, cus he's fine with about 7 crickets
this is what they look like (I'm not positive there 3/8 of an inch)

 

[nair88]

that looks to be the right size. are you giving him as much as he can eat in 10-15 minutes? or are you just putting 7 in and calling it a day? he is growing and really needs a lot of protein to support that growth.

 

[Joshandmushu]

no I don't I just put 7 or a bit more in because I look at his belly and think how could he eat more than 10 of those crix a day where would he put them you know i don't want to overfeed him
heres a earlier pic of my boy

 

[Toyguy]

I gotta agree - 5 to 7 of those crickets doesn't seem anywhere near enough. Dash eats about 40 of those a day, sometimes 50 or 60 if he's not had much salad. He's currently 3 months old.

 

[Joshandmushu]

oh guys your making me feel like a bad daddy I guess I was mislead because I worked at the same place I got him from for two weeks and was told to feed the beardies there about that much so I thought thats how much you feed them, although toyguy 50 or 60 are you joking thats loads.