Thank you for the info! I will pick some up tomorrow. Also, Shadow ate about 5 mealworms yesterday - on advice from the pet store. <<<< how old more or less is Shadow ? (how big in grams ?
mealworms are very poor feeder insect choice , especially for a young beardie . VERY POOR SHOP ADVISE
better off giving Shadow the following :
---- calcigents (phoenix worms / bsf maggots) these do not require dusting with calcium
---- silkworms , these do not require dusting with calcium
---- crickets or roaches (these do require gutloading and dusting)
===> you say he's about a hand long - sound like he's about 4 - 6 weeks old.
I'd have him on small silkworms (about 1 - 1.5inches long) and small (up to 1/3 sized crickets) and calcigents.
At that age if he eats greens and veg it's a bonus. MUCH MORE IMPORTANT he gets as many live high quality insects as he wants AT LEAST TWO TIMES A DAY ( THREE times per day is better).
Keep in mind, we just got him yesterday. After doing more reading, I see that was probably not a good thing :-(. He won't touch any crickets or greens that we offered today and I will not feed him any more of those worms. However he is active and content today. <<<< he is likely going through location stress, and will be off his insects for a few days to a week, this is normal , keep offering insects and greens and salad each day and give him space and time to settling in and adjust to the digs , new pet humans (slave) , new feeding routing, new smells and sounds and new foods.
I've given him water with a dropper a couple times as well which he seems to like. Any other feeding advice? I tried a cricket with tweezers too - no interest. He is probably about the length of my hand right now ?