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Here is the link of the new feeding method which severely restricts the amount given to baby beardies and the rationale behind it.
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[QUOTE="Axil, post: 2033948, member: 117612"] I haven't had a chance to watch the video in the OP but I did watch the 4 hour video that I believe they are pulling the info from. One of the take aways was while "bearded vet" recommended smaller feeding portions he made a point to caveat most of his concerns like calcium deficiency as not being applicable *if* the overall nutrition was correct. His point was if you are having to add supplements to the diet like we do for Dragons the quicker the animal is growing the more important it is to make sure those ratios are correct. A dragon growing an inch in 2 weeks is less likely to develop MBD symptoms during that time than one that grew 4 inches as it's not having to utilize nearly as much calcium for slow growth. It seems odd to me to flip the entire feeding paradigm on it's head and say this is *the way* to feed a Bearded Dragon when the Dragons being fed this way haven't had time to live thier lives and compare health outcomes against what has been done previously. I'm really tired of hearing the term "naturalistic" from supposed representatives of the scientific community. Just because an animal experiences certain conditions in the wild absolutely does not mean that's the ideal environment for that animal. The same people who tell you natural is always better will handwave away the fact Dragon's live longer in captivity by telling you that's because of predation. Where is the data supporting that? Who is going around documenting every wild bearded dragon death and attributing the vast majority to predation as opposed to starvation, disease or any number of other causes. Overall I was very disappointed in the lack of data, though again I only saw the original interview not the video linked here. [/QUOTE]
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Here is the link of the new feeding method which severely restricts the amount given to baby beardies and the rationale behind it.
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