Diet for 3 month old...

[charmander16]

We've got a 3 month old that we got as a 2 month old. So far the only real food it's eated is crickets. We offer salad every day and also dragon pellets, but those go mostly uneaten.

I'd like to start mixing in some other proteins but not sure what's best and what needs to be live vs frozen or dried, etc.

So right now its crickets and I assume we'll keep feeding those forever basically. What should be the next thing to add?

I was thinking mini mealworms? Do these need to be live? How are these kept? If there another better worm for 3 month olds?

Thanks

 

[Jdawg]

Try super worms they are much better than mealworms.

 

[kingofnobbys]

I wouldn't give a three month old either meal or superworms. (Mealworms are only suitable as a very rare treat, and a 3 moth old is best not given superworms at all.)

I would add silkworms .... very much worth adding as very nutritious and only insect that's better is BSF maggots.

Peppa and Toothless were eating 1/3 sized gutloaded crickets and medium (1.5-2 inch long) silkworms at 3 months old , 2 meals of crickets , one included silks + they were getting buk choi and grated veg daily).

 

[kingofnobbys]

Try super worms they are much better than mealworms.

JD : THIS IS VERY POOR ADVICE on alternative feeder insect for a 3 month old.

 

[charmander16]

So based on reading around, I've concluded that Black Soldier Fly maggots, Silkworms, and/or "Phoenix worms" are probably the way to go.

First of all, what are "Phoenix worms", is this just a brand name?

If I were to pick one, which would be best for 3-4 months of age? In terms of price, convenience, etc., any recommendations?

Thanks

 

[Sharpy]

So based on reading around, I've concluded that Black Soldier Fly maggots, Silkworms, and/or "Phoenix worms" are probably the way to go.

First of all, what are "Phoenix worms", is this just a brand name?

If I were to pick one, which would be best for 3-4 months of age? In terms of price, convenience, etc., any recommendations?

Thanks

Phoenix worms are a brand name for bsf.
Bsf are easier to get hold of than silkworms depending where you are!
If you can get silkworms where you are I would probably get both to give a bit of variety.

Hope this helps

Kay

 

[charmander16]

Cool thanks. One last question. I just ordered 4 cartons of 100 BSFs. From reading around it sounds like the thing to do with these is feed them up a little before feeding them to your lizard. I've seen some relatively complicated approaches for doing this, but I assume I can just throw some veggie scraps (apple peels, carrot shavings, etc.) into a container with them and let them go at that.

I have been feeding our guy about 15 crickets a day, and typically he's really only eating about 8-10 of these.

So with medium sized BSFs I'm thinking I'll switch to something like 6 crickets in the morning with 6 BSFs and 6 more BSFs in the evening. And if I make it so his diet is 2/3 BSFs, then do I need to still dust the crickets or can we stop dusting at that point?