We got a bearded dragon for our 10-year-old son for Christmas, and the family loves him (the dragon, not the son...although we like him too). Anyway, I was in Petsmart last night and told one of the workers (who works with the snakes, lizards, et al.) that our bearded dragon has just about doubled in size in the last two months. He's now about nine inches.
We told him that we feed him about 15-20 crickets in am, same number at night, with a little bit of lettuce mixed in. The guy was blown away with this amount of food. He said that he thought that number should be about 5 in am, 5 at night.
Any thoughts? I must say, the bearded dragon does look pretty pudgy, but I've never had one before and have no frame of reference regarding what they should look like at that age.
Look forward to the feedback. Thanks.
We told him that we feed him about 15-20 crickets in am, same number at night, with a little bit of lettuce mixed in. The guy was blown away with this amount of food. He said that he thought that number should be about 5 in am, 5 at night.
Any thoughts? I must say, the bearded dragon does look pretty pudgy, but I've never had one before and have no frame of reference regarding what they should look like at that age.
Look forward to the feedback. Thanks.