Baby feeding

[Alaskabeardie]

So I've read that you shouldn't feed baby Beardies anything longer than the space between their eyes. I got my little man a Hornworn for a treat, but it is about twice as long as the space. Should I hold off for now or is that size once ok to feed him? Has anyone had issues with choking or impacting with that size vs space?

 

[Drache613]

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[Drache613]

Hello,

How big is your baby? While the soft bodied worms are less likely to cause issues such as impaction, etc, I would still be very careful with regards to size even with hornworms or silkworms. Babies can still choke even on a worm. Normally with crickets & roaches they need to be smaller than the space between the eyes.
I guess I am overly cautious because it's awfully hard to revive a dragon if they have choked.
What other foods do you feed?

Tracie

 

[Alaskabeardie]

He is about 8-10 inch long. The worm in only an inch and half maybe. Thanks for the info between different bugs. Currently he's eating crickets, Phoenix worms, and I am switching him from mealworms to wax worms. Greens are collard, mustard, and parsley. He vomited the day I got him and it scared the crap out of me. So I'm nervous when it comes to feeding sometimes.

 

[kingofnobbys]

He is about 8-10 inch long. The worm in only an inch and half maybe. Thanks for the info between different bugs. Currently he's eating crickets, Phoenix worms, and I am switching him from mealworms to wax worms. Greens are collard, mustard, and parsley. He vomited the day I got him and it scared the crap out of me. So I'm nervous when it comes to feeding sometimes.

<<<< at that size and age , he's likely taking 1/4 - 1/3 size crickets (gut load the crickets with repcal adult beardie pellets (straight from the bottle) + high calcium greens and chunks of carrot. Works fine and the crickets love the pellets.
Also phoenix worms and silkworms ( he'll handle small (1 inch) to medium (1.5 inch) silkworms fine.

MIN of TWO live insect meals per day (THREE is better). Offer fresh greens daily too BUT don't obsess if he shows no interest in the greens at his age as he needs the high quality insect protein and dietary calcium much more to grow / thrive and develop properly.

 

[Alaskabeardie]

Thank you for the info on gut loading crickets. I will definitely be doing that for now on