Feeding my beardie

[BeardieGrandma]

Congratulations on your new baby...I didn't hear mention of any salads being fed, don't forget to offer greens up on a daily basis. Make sure you give him/her the dark leafy variety (no lettuce) - here is a link to guide you on what veggies to give. When they are babies they may only nibble or not eat them, but as they get older they will start to chow down more and more.
http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutritionframeset.html

As mentioned in this thread, NO mealworms.
Phoenix worms (aka reptiworms) are a great staple worm (means you can feed everyday).
Crickets - out of affection for my beardie I've overcome my heebie jeebies for most bugs, including these guys. Everyone complains they stink, but I scrape up the dead crickets and cricket poo every three days or so and it doesn't smell bad at all, if at all. They are cheap as well, you can mailorder 1,000 at a time, which is way cheaper than going to pet store every few days. Keep them in a 10 gallon tank with dry cereal and they stay alive pretty well. I put toilet paper rolls in there and the crickets crawl in them. When it's feeding time, I shake the toilet paper roll into a plastic sandwich bag and dust them, then feed them to the lizard. Keep the crickets on the small side (no larger than the space between your lizard's eyes), as too large prey can also cause impaction and can be harder to digest...
Dubia roaches - probably hard to get past most people, these bugs are really gross. I started a little colony with hopes to offset the crickets costs. That's pretty cheap and easy to do. There are several threads on this forum and youtube videos that show you how. These can also be fed every day and are very nutritious.
Many people suggest you have a variety of bugs, so maybe you order some phoenix worms and keep the crickets going and mix it up every day so the lizard gets a little of everything?

Finally - I would advise feeding the crickets outside the viv - they can bite your beardie, and if he/she doesn't eat them all they can bite them at night and cause some serious harm. I feed mine outside her cage in a big plastic bin, this way I can round up the ones she doesn't eat without chasing them around the tank.

 

[alarab]

Thank you. He gets salad daily. I didn't know about the meal worms until last night since the book that came with him (he was a rescue) suggested them.
I have him in a 40 gal with a 150w heatlamp, a full spectrum bulb, a huge fake log (he loves this)at one end and his feeding and watering at his other end.
He is about 9" not including his tail length(with tail about 18").Not sure of his age or if he is indeed a he lol. He will not drink water so I make sure to bathe him often and keep his salad moist. I also make sure to gut load anything live that I feed and dust that prior to feeding him.
He came to me with the starts of mbd so I am making sure he has a diet high in calcium.