kingofnobbys":zceln7wi said:I don't regard myself as an experienced beardie keeper (only had Puff and Rex for 3 years , got them at 6wks old and only about 8g each), and only been keeping lizards for about 5 years.
Your little pal looks very happy and healthy and his enclosure will be big enough for him for quite a while , he'll eventually need a 4' x 2' footprint tank.
Be sure to gutload the crickets for at least 24hr prior to using - I give my crickets fresh carrot, adult beardie lizard pellets (dry) and puk or bok choi greens , this way the beardie gets extra nutritious crickets that have been Calcium enhanced.
Calci-worms (we call them calci-gents here , a form of maggot) are recommended for little beardies , some say they about as good a feeder (Ca levels) as you can get , silkworms are pretty darned good too , and if you using mulberry leafs as the worm food - your beardie can eat the mulberry greens and mulberries too.
There are enzymes in silkworms that help metabolise Ca too.
Worms - superworms are a bit big for your guy I think, and mealworms . fine as treats .
Handfeeding insects in easy, just beware of the accidential fingertip nips are a risk and they can draw blood. They soon figure out the handfeeding lurk with a little practice. Is a good way of getting lizard to eat greens like puk or buk choi (an excellent green , high in Ca).
Refer to http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html as The Bible for stuff to give and not to give to your little pal.
The recipy I was given by the breeder when bought Puff and Rex is as follows :
1 whole puk or buk choi
1 c raw green peas
1 c raw green beans
1/2 raw sweet potato (skinned)
3 - 4 raw carrots (skinned)
grate the carrots and sweet potato
chop the choi and peas and beans in a food processor mixed with grated carrots and sweet potato
freeze in ice-cube maker trays , thaw a cube as required mixed with 1 tsp of juvenile beardie pellets and 1 tsp of vetafarm lizard pellets softened with water.
I'd offer about 10 - 15g of the above mix first thing each morning along with some washed coarsely shredded greens.
At his age , 2 feeds of live insects per day. about a dozen small - medium crickets per feed per day.
Thank you so much for your reply! I will also add some calci-worms to his diet as well then! sounds like a plan. I've also gut loaded the crickets like you mentioned the night before so they should be good to feed him tomorrow!
Also thanks for that link again, I was on that page once and I lost it
That looks like a delicious recipe for my little beardy. I will definitely give that a try in the next day or so and I'll let you know how he likes it!
I will also try to feed him that much like you recommened but right now his appetite isn't the biggest but I won't stop trying! Appreciate all the help and for the recipe