Jess":10trlgtk said:I saw someone today who was wearing a shirt that said "BAZINGA!" and I thought of you and your skink! Haha. :mrgreen:
I agree with both of you, Shanny and Gail. Not that I have a ton of personal experience myself, but my first rescue taught me to stay away from meds unless absolutely necessary, and Dudley has proved that beardies know how to take care of them selves for the most part. Eating a bug bigger than the space between their eyes won't automatically impact them, a healthy adult can easily go a week without eating, it's not a sin to withhold bugs until they eat their veggies, and you can't just "guess" with medication. It's a lot more fun to have a reptile if you don't worry about them 24/7, because it usually isn't necessary.
yay im not the only one :silent:Gail":2wvmiu9h said:You are so right about everything. People would have had a heart attack if they knew how I fed Pig, I started supers when she was 10" and adult dubia when she was around 14"
Jess":27ryb0t9 said:I think my posts have been a little crabby lately (It's SO much fun to deal with ignorant people at the pet store, and then come home and read through all this... :roll: ) but at this point I don't really care. Sometimes you need to be blunt to get the point across.
I think we need more Buzzy pics, BTW! :wink:
Gail":27ryb0t9 said:People would have had a heart attack if they knew how I fed Pig, I started supers when she was 10" and adult dubia when she was around 14". Unless you have a little baby or a dragon that doesn't chew, bigger feeders aren't going to hurt it. I also feed mealworms :whip:
Blaming 90% of a dragon problem on UVB is another thing that bothers me. Of course its very important but come on, it doesn't make a dragon mean or get fat. Oh and babies are supposed to eat greens from day one not "don't worry about it until they are older"
i know i saw that and i was like uhmm that doesnt sound right. i always offer salad in the morning with some worms buried underneath. then give them crickets/ roaches later on in the day. (for babies)ShannyBeard":kmaones5 said:There was a store employee or owner who recently posted their feeding schedule here and 3 of the 7 days were greens/salad only, 2 of the days were feeders, and one of the days was no food at all. How is a baby dragon going to grow on that diet? And in thinking of what would make a baby grow, wouldn't that be a lot of feeders and protein?
ShannyBeard":1gaf1096 said:I just can't imagine giving them such big worms! Am I a bad beardie mommy? They are getting to the 15" size range by now. I'm just scared if they do have a problem or get impacted I don't want to deal with it. And I hate mealworms. I don't even feed them to my gecko. They sit in a fridge for weeks at a time in bran - how is that nutritious? I'm really on the fence about that.
And with babies and greens - yeah they are supposed to eat them from day one, true. But is it wrong that I don't want them to fill up on their greens? :| There was a store employee or owner who recently posted their feeding schedule here and 3 of the 7 days were greens/salad only, 2 of the days were feeders, and one of the days was no food at all. How is a baby dragon going to grow on that diet? And in thinking of what would make a baby grow, wouldn't that be a lot of feeders and protein? I don't want them filling up on salad, so I don't worry about them not eating their greens so much as babies. I feel like if they take a few bites, great. I would rather tell someone not to really worry about the babies not eating salad instead of some of the things I see people say, like withholding feeders. Not as babies - I don't think that's a good strategy.
ShannyBeard":2cxngloe said:Otto and I were just talking about supers last night. He said he felt Ginger, Scarlet and Papa Smurf were fine and big enough by now or at least the girls were getting big enough, but I just can't imagine giving them such big worms! Am I a bad beardie mommy? They are getting to the 15" size range by now. I'm just scared if they do have a problem or get impacted I don't want to deal with it.
Gail":1j5dht9h said:No, that doesn't make you a bad mommy. If you decide to feed supers, start them when you are comfortable. I never keep my mealworms in the fridge. They are kept room temp just like the supers and fed veggies.
Bazinga looks really good, I love all the red he has. A lot of skinks don't like their tails or tops of their heads touched and for the most part, they aren't into daily cuddles like a dragon. Have you got to see his teeth yet? They are so weird after being used to a dragons shark like teeth.
Chicken is great for hand feeding but don't let him get addicted to it. Its great for variety but not as a staple meat source. Do you ever toss bugs in his cage and let him hunt? I'm going to make a hunting bin for mine. Basically you get a big plastic tub and put a inch or two of dried oak leaves or ever leaf sized pieced of brown paper in the tub then toss in a few mealworms or roaches and then the skink forages for them. I hear they really have fun with that.
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