I'm just grateful that my boy is adult and doesn't need massive amounts of protein daily. I think I would HAVE to have a dubia colony if I had a baby Dragon, only way I could afford to feed it. As much as I'm against it, I'd do it, if it was necessary. I'd hate it but I'd do it. ? lol! ?
-Dee
Bsfl are good for smaller dragons but really not feasible for larger as they are so small it takes A LOT to feed a larger dragon----- the silk worms are good and full size it would take 3-4 to fill up a dragon
Karrie
Bsfl are good for smaller dragons but really not feasible for larger as they are so small it takes A LOT to feed a larger dragon----- the silk worms are good and full size it would take 3-4 to fill up a dragon
Karrie
I have picky dragons so I feed silk along w/ dubias -- Hiccup wont eat super meal or wax worms--- he will eat horn silk and butter worms and dubias--- Blaze wont eat meal or wax worms but will eat butter horn silk and super worms and both are tired of BSFL -- so I am buying worms all the time or so it seems and Blaze loves his dubias
Karrie
Oh! Ok. ? I was thinking silks were much larger than supers. So there really isn't anything between silks and horns and there's a major size difference between them? ? hmmmm.
-Dee
I have picky dragons so I feed silk along w/ dubias -- Hiccup wont eat super meal or wax worms--- he will eat horn silk and butter worms and dubias--- Blaze wont eat meal or wax worms but will eat butter horn silk and super worms and both are tired of BSFL -- so I am buying worms all the time or so it seems and Blaze loves his dubias
Karrie
It's pretty easy -- they get quite a buffet along w/ different salad stuff right now they're getting greens along w/ yellow and butter nut squash w/ some shredded raw sweet potato on top along the worms -
Karrie
Not that I've found anyway. Adult hornworms are huge (but soft and easy to chew down). They are the size of my thumb at least. A large silk worm gets maybe a couple of inches long. Intermediate sized dubia roaches are the only thing I've offered in between the two sizes. There are a LOT of options out there though, so I'm sure I haven't even heard of many of them.
It's pretty easy -- they get quite a buffet along w/ different salad stuff right now they're getting greens along w/ yellow and butter nut squash w/ some shredded raw sweet potato on top along the worms -
Karrie
I had to toss Petey's kale yesterday, started molding. ?Will have to make a run to the store but not right this minute, later or tomorrow.
Today he'll have a salad of dandelion, leaf and flower, cilantro, yellow squash and green bean. Maybe pick a small rose and add a couple petals. Or some wild mint. Tried red rose yesterday, which he ate 1 petal from my hand but didn't touch another petal. ? I still have pink and lilac color. Maybe he'll like one of those. ?
-Dee
Not that I've found anyway. Adult hornworms are huge (but soft and easy to chew down). They are the size of my thumb at least. A large silk worm gets maybe a couple of inches long. Intermediate sized dubia roaches are the only thing I've offered in between the two sizes. There are a LOT of options out there though, so I'm sure I haven't even heard of many of them.
Surprised that no one has mentioned black soldier fly larvae (aka. phoenix worms, repti worms, calci worms). That is definitely the feeder OP is looking for, they're very nutritious, a great staple, they don't even need to be dusted with calcium. Would be my go to if they sold them in my country!
I love feeding dubias, but OP lives in Florida, a state where dubia roaches are illegal.
My dragon doesn't seem as interested in crickets as he used to be, so I might switch over to exclusively dubias, as I too have started loathing the little cricket dirtbags. Noisy, smelly, they bite, and they will jump all over the place unless I pull of their legs, which I find disgusting, because then they'll bleed all over instead.