Feeding Schedule

[wallsie7550]

I need help clarifying my feeding schedule. As I work different hours every day.

I will be getting my baby beardie in approximately 2 weeks and she will be 12 weeks old then.

My hours at work are : tue & wed 7am - 3:30pm
Thurs & fri 10:45am - 7:15 pm
Sat 8am - 6:15pm
And I have Sunday Mondays off

I was thinking of having my light schedule from on from 11am - 1am
And putting veges in before I go to work but that would mean lights would still be off when I put the veges in?
Then live feeding her @ 7:30pm then again @ 10:30pm before lights off at 1am

Can someone please help me decide on a schedule that will work?

 

[kingofnobbys]

I need help clarifying my feeding schedule. As I work different hours every day.

I will be getting my baby beardie in approximately 2 weeks and she will be 12 weeks old then.

My hours at work are : tue & wed 7am - 3:30pm
Thurs & fri 10:45am - 7:15 pm
Sat 8am - 6:15pm
And I have Sunday Mondays off

I was thinking of having my light schedule from on from 11am - 1am <<< I don't think this will work (she'll not cope with a massive change in her sleep rhythm and it'll really stress her), I suggest lights on 6am , off 10pm , I use this and I know it works.

At 12 wks old (3 months) she will still need a MINIMUM of TWO LIVE INSECT MEALS PER DAY. THREE ARE BETTER if manageable.

I'd be giving her BSF maggots in the morning - first thing before you do anything and these can be left in a bowl all day til you get home , she'll pick at these during the day.
Then some crickets or roaches or locusts or silkworms (or mix of these) in the afternoon or about diner time if this works well everyday , when you get home. So long as she gets about 2 hrs after her last insect meal to bask and digest the food before her lights and heat are turned off.

Leave greens with the second feed.

And putting veges in before I go to work but that would mean lights would still be off when I put the veges in? <<<< more important at such a young age to get as much high quality live insect protein and dietary calcium as she will eat .... I wouldn't restrict her bug intake.... if she fills up on salad stuff she will not be getting necessary protein.
Then live feeding her @ 7:30pm then again @ 10:30pm before lights off at 1am

Can someone please help me decide on a schedule that will work?

VERY important to have a predictable daily routine for a lizard.... else she''ll be stressed.