Please no more lettuce--- here is a website for nutrition ignore the kale info its out datedPlease help me to find the true feeding plan for a teenager dragon.
This guy's name is Foxy, he's 9 months old. Foxy weighs 370g and is 18" long.
He eats every day according to this plan:
- in the morning (1pm - 1:30pm) I give him vegetables, usually lettuce, bok choy, some pumpkin and arugula, dust them with a little calcium (approximately as if we salted his salad)
- in the evening (4pm - 5pm) he gets as many dubia as he can eat in 10 minutes (about 15 dubias size of 3/4 inch)
5 roaches mixed with calcium in a glass (very mutch, like a donut)
Once a week I dust roaches with a vitamins.
He does not like vegetables much, usually two 1-inch lettuce and one half-inch piece of bok choy leaf. I still give different vegetables, I hope that someday he will like something different on his plate.
One day a week he may refuse roaches, in which case the next day he will eat his vegetables in the morning a little more than usual.
He make a poop regulary every day (at the morning), but if he refuse dubia, then on the second day.
Over the past 2 months, he has greatly gained weight and length. His weight in two months increased from 280 grams (he was 7 months old) to 370 grams
And now I'm a little worried that he will get too much protein from dubia.
Dubia feeding is: oats, kale leaves, lettuce, carrots and apple, they also get gammarus on the basis that their total protein from all food will be 6% of the total.
So, now he is a very active guy, 2 times a day (one hour each) he walks around the house, loves to run very much (like a crazy shoelace), he is very curious and everything around is interesting for him.
He loves to jump on everything that is a little higher than him, he could just climb onto a pillow lying on the floor, but no, he will run up to it and make a jump!
Can you please let me know if feeding needs to be changed? Maybe he needs more greens and less protein?
Thanks for the quick response!Please no more lettuce--- here is a website for nutrition ignore the kale info its out dated
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salads should be fed every day - for his age insects 5 x per week dusted w/ calcium D3 one time per feeding and lightly coated -- vitamins w / beta carotene 2 x per week lightly coated - as of now he needs the protein cuz hes young- I would add some super worms some horn worms and some meal worms into his diet- those are all treat worms so feed them like every other day or so -- 1-3 worms -
Yes on the morio worms for supers --- and yes on the D3 as I posted for now that will change once he is a year old -- stay w/ your staple feeder of dubias - give the worms as treats as an extra food - they are not a substitute for your staple insect-- feed them as I posted above -- where is the UVB in the tank or top of screen and if on top of screen is the screen a fine mesh like a screen door or a wide hole type? That will determine where the UVB needs to be placed and distanced-- do not dust the salad its better to dust the insects - like your dubias not the worms-- the horn worms are a good hydrating worm -Thanks for the quick response!
I will exclude lettuce from his diet and the diet for dubia!
I would like to clarify some things in your advice.
What is the best way to take a break with insects - two days without any insects or is it better to alternate these days?
Should all worms be given instead of dubia, or should roaches and worms be given on this day(5 dubia + 3 worms for example)?
I have an UVB lamp installed Reptile Systems D3+ Reptile T5 12% 39W (Reptile Systems is a former Arcadia factory and manufactures equal products in France) do I really need to give calcium d3 with insects always (may by I misunderstanded you)?
Salad with calcium should not be dusted now?
Superworm - I didn't see that name in my local insect store, but Google says it's a zophobas morio, is it?
Thank you!Yes on the morio worms for supers --- and yes on the D3 as I posted for now that will change once he is a year old -- stay w/ your staple feeder of dubias - give the worms as treats as an extra food - they are not a substitute for your staple insect-- feed them as I posted above -- where is the UVB in the tank or top of screen and if on top of screen is the screen a fine mesh like a screen door or a wide hole type? That will determine where the UVB needs to be placed and distanced-- do not dust the salad its better to dust the insects - like your dubias not the worms-- the horn worms are a good hydrating worm -
Your going to be feeding dubias everyday - then every other day feed him some treat worms as well -- make sure the aluminum surface is shiny side out if your using tinfoil -- also please get him a hide and please get 2 digital probe thermometers one for your surface basking temps they need to be 95-100 Fahrenheit for him and I would get him off the sand - it harbors bacteria and not very sanitary - you can get some textured NON adhesive shelf liner cut to the size of the tank insects cannot get underneath and its easier to clean w/ a vinegar/ water 50/50 solution - wipe down w/ a clean wet towel afterwards - found at your local home improvement store or your discount store like a Walmart -- those digital probe thermometers are extremely important ---Thank you!
And what is the best way to distribute days without insects?
1. Ins-Ins-Ins-Ins-Ins-Gre-Gre
2. Ins-Ins-Gre-Ins-Ins-Gre-Ins
Yes, the UV is in the tank, 11 inches above the basking place (Ironwood piece on the right).
I made 11" instead of 12" because my reflector is not as perfect as arcadia's, it's not a mirror, but just an aluminum surface
Thank you!
And what is the best way to distribute days without insects?
1. Ins-Ins-Ins-Ins-Ins-Gre-Gre
2. Ins-Ins-Gre-Ins-Ins-Gre-Ins
Yes, the UV is in the tank, 11 inches above the basking place (Ironwood piece on the right).
I made 11" instead of 12" because my reflector is not as perfect as arcadia's, it's not a mirror, but just an aluminum surface
Thank you!I feed about 5 Fluker's blend pellets a day.
I gut-load with this blend or sometimes salad.
& I offer salad 2-3X per week.
Very beautiful dragon!This is the guy in my avatar.
It's shiny, but not as good as the Arcadia's reflector, so I hung it one inch lower.make sure the aluminum surface is shiny side out if your using tinfoil
I know about sand. I will change it, but now there is a reserve(Exo-Terra Desert Sand) and I remove half a glass of sand after the poop and add a new one. This is all so that Foxy can comfortably lie on it in the form of a starfish - he loves it very much.I would get him off the sand - it harbors bacteria and not very sanitary
I control the temperature and it is now 100F. For this I have 2 Exo Terra thermometers.also please get him a hide and please get 2 digital probe thermometers one for your surface basking temps they need to be 95-100 Fahrenheit for him
I have not seen such, can you share a link for example?you can get some textured NON adhesive shelf liner cut to the size of the tank insects cannot get underneath and its easier to clean w/ a vinegar/ water 50/50 solution - wipe down w/ a clean wet towel afterwards
I forgot to say...thermometers are extremely important
you want something fairly smooth one that doesnt have a lot of grooves in it so your so hard to clean - the probe thermometer is good - you dont need to leave it there spot check your temps every 10 days or so - the sensor is picking up ambient tempsI forgot to say...
For continuous monitoring of temperature and humidity in a warm zone, I have a sensor from the smart home system. Very accurately measures temperature and humidity, keeps a history of changes and turns on the night heater at very low temperatures(68F and lower) at night
Thanks, now I understand what you mean.you want something fairly smooth one that doesnt have a lot of grooves in it so your so hard to clean - the probe thermometer is good - you dont need to leave it there spot check your temps every 10 days or so - the sensor is picking up ambient temps
The horn worms grow fast so I would feed 2 of them - and I would look at getting them on line they are cheaper than the pet stores --- www.greatlakeshornworms.com www.dubiaroaches.com --- this place has the best super worms Fluker Farms - Order Live Crickets, Mealworms, SuperwormsThanks, now I understand what you mean.
Today me, wife and daughter were in the pet store and brought some gifts for Foxy
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He already got his hornworms and one super worm. Now he is very satisfied and started pancaking
Yes, I know that, we already bought them, so I took 10 of them, because. they are always in the storeThe horn worms grow fast
I think shipping to another country (Moldova) will be very expensive.I would look at getting them on line they are cheaper than the pet stores
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