hornworms & silkworms

[wzlqwen]

I was wanting to offer some more variety for my beardie Hot Shot. He is 13" so far and eating wonderfully. With hornworms and silk worms do I need to worry about their size/space between the eyes, or since they are soft bodied are they ok. I don't see where I get a size choice with these the way I do with some of the other insects he eats. anything I need to know before ordering some? Any suggestions on approx how many I should plan on feeding him at 1 time?

Thanks

 

[Beardednoob]

Silkworms are fairly hard to keep alive for more then a week (for me anyways), hornworms are pretty easy though.
When feeding you should still use digression when it comes to size in proportion to your dragon. They can be larger then the space between the dragons eyes due to their soft body but, feeding a feeder that is soft bodied but, too large can still cause problems, like choking and or impaction (in younger dragons). They tend to eat frantically when they are hungry. There lies the risk.

The rule I hold for this personally is ~1.5 - 1.75 times the length between the dragons eyes for soft bodied feeders. Also consider the circumference of the feeder. :wink: