Cricket Feeding

[javeroy]

I'm a little curious as to how many crickets I should be feeding my beardie. I look on here and it looks like most people only do 20ish at a time, however mine frequently eats 40-50 in one sitting. She only gets them every 3 days, with salad on the off days, but with an adult, I don't see how only 20 crickets is enough!

 

[Claudiusx]

As an adult, bearded dragons diet should be more focused on salad and not feeders. 20 crickets a week for an adult is plenty, and it could have a negative effect on an adult beardie if a lot of feeders are fed since it is tough on an adults kidney.

Number of feeders greatly depends on the age of the beardie.

-Brandon

 

[diamc]

An adult can be fed 35 large feeders like supers or about 50 small feeders like crickets a week without having to worry about kidney or liver problems later on. Of course, fresh salad should be offered daily.