Feeding

[Pward]

Hello!
What are the recommendations for feeding? My beardie is about 8-9 months old, I am currently feeding him twice a day (25 dubias each time) and greens+squash twice a day. He still seems hungry!

When should I cut back on feeding bugs?

Thanks!
Pam

 

[KarrieRee]

Hello!
What are the recommendations for feeding? My beardie is about 8-9 months old, I am currently feeding him twice a day (25 dubias each time) and greens+squash twice a day. He still seems hungry!

When should I cut back on feeding bugs?

Thanks!
Pam

He looks good - he needs his insects everyday till he's a year- what is the size of the dubia your feeding ? If they are too small he will eat more of them-- offer him some worms like supers horn or meal or all three staggering when you feed them-- only feed like 3 of the supers horn 1-2 and meal worms 4-5 - those are all treat worms- offer more veggies if you want - that will not put weight on him-

 

[Pward]

I just ordered medium 5/8” dubias, but he was eating small 1/2” before. Should I still feed him 25 twice a day or taper to once a day?
Thanks a lot for your reply!

 

[xp29]

They are still growing at 9 months and need protein to do so. Don't cut back on insects till he stops growing. It should be roughly at the one year mark.

 

[KarrieRee]

I just ordered medium 5/8” dubias, but he was eating small 1/2” before. Should I still feed him 25 twice a day or taper to once a day?
Thanks a lot for your reply!

Feed as many as he will eat -- I fed mine one - two at a time and I also would put like 10 in a dish they couldn't get out of - then watched to see how many he ate if he ate them all then I would add more like 3 or so to keep count of how many he was eating - Blaze phazed out of eating two times a day around 5 months - but he was filling up on dubias super worms salad and horn worms -- I also fed him silk worms in the salad like 2 or so so he got a variety of food the worms were fed alternately - not all at the same feeding -