Feeding beardies baby food....concerns??

[nikkiperry2580]

Both of my beardies seem to be "practicing" brumation. 2 females 7 months old, one is 15 inches, the other 14 inches long. Koche, the bigger one is in a 120 g tank with reptisun 10 and 100 w halogen basking bulb. Sabella, the smaller one is in a 30 gal tank with reptisun 10 and 100 w house hold basking bulb.
They both have reptile carpet for substrate and temps run in the normal range 95-101 in basking and 80 or so on cool side. The both have been ravenous eaters with the crickets. Going through 100 a day between the both of them. About mid october they began to slow down to maybe half of what they were use to. Since Novemeber, they've barely eaten anything living. Tried the phoenix worms and that was a bust. They're just not interested in live food.
I still make greens available, lettuce, green pepper, broccoli, peas, carrots, green beans, squash, asparagus....apples, banana, strawberries, grapes. They aren't really even touching that.
I had read on this site that somebody was trying baby food with great success. My question is how much and how often? I'm syringe feeding with drops on the nose with beef, squash and sweet potato's and I'm mixing in calcium and vitamins. Calcium 4 times a week and vitamins 2 times a week. They seem to be injoying it, scarfing it down quickly. I just want to make sure I'm doing this right.
From what I've read about brumation, they don't want food on the stomach during that time. Can make them sick. So, since they're not sleeping all the time and are interested in eating, am I ok feeding them?
They sleep much more during the day then usual, but have periods of time while awake and moving about the tanks looking for food maybe??? Or cuddle time, trying to get my attention.
Thanks in advance for any advise.
Ok, here are some pics.
NIkki

Koche, her good side, lol.

Koche in her semi basking spot.

Sabella on her basking branch.

Sabella smiling for the camera.

 

[Damkat]

I have been feeding my girl baby food for awhile now, She did not want to eat at all but the baby food helped as she loved it as well. I still feed her as much as she would eat in a 10 minute period. I was wondering if she was going threw brumation as well. After some research I found out if she is active she most likely was not and she lost her appetite due to the cooler temps. I also kept an eye on her to make sure she was basking and gave her a nice warm bath every other day to help her digest. If your dragons are still pooping than I would assume you are doing good. My girl only eats about 10-12 supers every two days along with some veggies (she does not like them much since the old owner did not give her any) and use the baby food to make sure she is getting some sort of greens (peas) and some fruits.
I have been feeding her the baby food for 3 weeks now and she still seems to be a happy healthy girl...hope this helps!!
Have you tried superworms...they seem to be the only one my dragon will eat although I offered every kind.

 

[nikkiperry2580]

I've tried all things living, lol, to no avail. Yes, they are pooping again, but before I began to feed them baby food they had stopped. That totally freaked me out so I started with the baby food. They both love it and make these funny smacking sounds while eating. Their favorite so far is the meat, but they both are enjoying the other as well. I just wasn't sure if the same applied to baby food as the cricket feeding. Great, sounds like I'm on the right track.
Thanks again!
Nikki

Koche...loves the camera!

Sabella however....does not!