do these have protien

[DragonZillaKing]

i feed the sheddings from the crickets to my beardie. is there any protien or even the slightest nutrients in the cricket sheddings

 

[vampy]

No.

The outsides of the cricket are made from chitin, which, even if your beardie could digest it fully, would yield very little nutrition at all.

Throw the shed skins away in future, you've no idea how long they've been there, and they could be covered in cricket poop. There is no reason whatsoever to feed them to him.

 

[arman]

its not like im gonna do this but what about giving crickets the dragon shed? is there any point of that?

 

[Esther19]

No. There is no point to that.

 

[Drache613]

Moved by Moderator from ER to Feeding

 

[WoolyMarmot]

My dragon eats it shed skin....must be out of sheer hate for it xD

 

[Mustashio]

I heard it is healthy for dragons to eat their OWN shed skin. Lots of nutrients actually. But I wouldn't suggest dragons eat cricket shed. Ewe!

 

[WoolyMarmot]

really? where did u hear this from?

I know some reptiles(geckos) eat it because its high in calcium but Ive never heard of bearded dragons having the same

 

[esn]

Most reptiles have been caught in the act of eating shed skin... I've even heard of some snakes doing it (Corns, garters). They must do it for some reason, probably a need for extra nutrients, but it's so rare in some species I'm not surprised most people haven't observed it. But definitely not a good thing to feed cricket sheds! That's an entirely different kind of shedding, molting the exoskeleton.

 

[ashleyelsha]

some believe that reptiles may eat their shed to cover their tracks, figuratively speaking.