Baths and Feedings

[belladonnamini]

There have been many days that puck(that would be my beardie) need to be soaked and feed. He is cage broke he only goes when he is being soaked. Also will a beardie overeat to the point of causing health problems?

 

[ShannyBeard]

There have been many days that puck(that would be my beardie) need to be soaked and feed. He is cage broke he only goes when he is being soaked. Also will a beardie overeat to the point of causing health problems?

What part of his cage is broken?

It depends on how old your beardie is as far as health concerns related to overeeating. I haven't even seen a baby over eat, but adults can over eat and become fat.

How old is your dragon?

 

[jsnsan]

I don't think the cage is broken.... I think the beardie is cage broken/house broken. Only goes in the bath.

 

[ShannyBeard]

I don't think the cage is broken.... I think the beardie is cage broken/house broken. Only goes in the bath.

Oh, okay. I've never heard that term before.

 

[jsnsan]

LOL! I think we need to develop a Beardie dictionary/vocabulary sheet or something.
I see all kinds of expressions that I have to stop and think about.

 

[krolmariusz]

There have been many days that puck(that would be my beardie) need to be soaked and feed. He is cage broke he only goes when he is being soaked. Also will a beardie overeat to the point of causing health problems?

What part of his cage is broken?

It depends on how old your beardie is as far as health concerns related to overeeating. I haven't even seen a baby over eat, but adults can over eat and become fat.

How old is your dragon?

my 1 month old baby over ate and ended up puking it all out

 

[ShannyBeard]

There have been many days that puck(that would be my beardie) need to be soaked and feed. He is cage broke he only goes when he is being soaked. Also will a beardie overeat to the point of causing health problems?

What part of his cage is broken?

It depends on how old your beardie is as far as health concerns related to overeeating. I haven't even seen a baby over eat, but adults can over eat and become fat.

How old is your dragon?

my 1 month old baby over ate and ended up puking it all out

I have seen rapid eating with repti-worms cause one of my dragons to puke, but I have never seen that happen with any others. Come to think of it she was a juvie at the time, so no - I haven't ever seen that with any of the babies.

 

[belladonnamini]

i guess i should have worded it differently when i said cage broke, but thought house broken was not correct either, but jsnsan was correct i meant that he does not go in his cage he only goes when he is being soaked.
As for the over eating puck is about 2, and i have read more on what to feed and what not to feed him than i have on any other topic in a long time, but what i would relay like is an example of a diet. like on Monday feed x crickets and x salad, Tuesday... because all the percents of what vitamins he needs and what foods have them just have me confused, I do have a slight learning disability which makes it hard for me to break down mass amounts of information and pull out only what is needed. So if some one had a sample diet that i could look at that would be very helpful, i think i am doing it correct he seems very happy and healthy he is active his colors are good(he is a "fancy" dragon so he has bright orangeish-red on him), and he goes potty regularly but i want to make sure he is getting the correct nutrition.
yet again thank you to everyone who has been so helpful.

 

[vampy]

For a 2 year old, he needs about 80% veggies, 20% live food.

A quick sample diet which is what my bf feeds his adults is:

Every day give him a bowl of greens (collard, dandelion, mustard...any dark leafy greens other than kale or spinach), and squash. Give him about 5 superworms, or maybe 7 crickets (depending on size). If you don't want to do live feeders every day, then you can give them every other day, total about 35 superworms/50 crickets a week. Once a week or so you can give him some fruit or other veggies in his salad, or just give him a couple of bites of whatever veggies you're eating from time to time, if he seems interested in them. We give them red pepper, grapes, apple, blueberries, peas, carrot, cucumber, mango, radish, watermelon. Basically whatever we are cooking, we'll cut off a teeny bit and add it to their salad, or just bite off a bit of apple or half a blueberry or something and hand feed them.

I think you need to dust his veggies with calcium 3 days a week and vitamins once a week, though different people have different dusting schedules for their adults. This website suggests you dust more regularly, and also has a list of what he can eat as a staple, what can be eaten sometimes, and what should be never fed to him. So long as most of his diet is made up of what they list as staples, with a few of the occasional items, and you give him many more veggies than live feeders, you can mix it up quite a lot.