I have recently adopted a 2 year old male bearded dragon. I have came up with this feeding schedule and I was wondering if it sounded good.
Btw, he is getting a ReptiSun 10.0 HO t5 uvb bulb.
Monday: staple insects (crickets, roaches, or bsfl) with calcium w/o d3
Wednesday: staple insects with calcium w/o d3
Friday: staple insects with a few occasional insects with calcium with d3
Sunday: staple insects and some occasional insects (super worms, hornworms, etc.) with multivitamins
He will be fed vegetables everyday (collard greens, turnip greens, dandelion greens, green beans, etc.)
Does this sound like a good feeding schedule for a 2 year old? Any advice would be awesome! Thanks!
Depends on how you apply the calcium and the vitamin powder to the live insects and other food.
I dust my crickets VERY LIGHTLY - every day, just enough for them to leave a dusty impression when then drop onto coffee table , NOT CAKED ON.
I do very light dusting calcium EVERY DAY , yes my adult gets some live insects (usually a large silkworm & 8 large or 10 medium crickets) & greens EVERY DAY. I give a 1:1 mix of calcium and reptivite on weekends.
This is a good schedule to follow : viewtopic.php?f=18&t=237167 , which is actually based on in the field observation and REAL science.
If you are over doing the calcium you will soon find out because the calcium will be precipitated as calcium oxalate in the urates (and will give them a orange tinge).
It honestly depends on who you ask. I and many others use w/d3 without issue but some, such as kingofnobbys, tend to avoid(at least with his skinks) since, if applied too much, the synthetic d3 will build up since they can't pass it. About multivitamin, choose one that uses beta carotene in place of synthetic vit A, beardies can pass extra beta carotene but they can't get rid of synthetic vitamin A.
It honestly depends on who you ask. I and many others use w/d3 without issue but some, such as kingofnobbys, tend to avoid(at least with his skinks) since, if applied too much, the synthetic d3 will build up since they can't pass it. About multivitamin, choose one that uses beta carotene in place of synthetic vit A, beardies can pass extra beta carotene but they can't get rid of synthetic vitamin A.
If you have a very good UVB source , ie a good MVB or metal halide globe or 12%UVB or 14%UVB t5HO tube, giving D3 fortified calcium long term is likely to read to health issues - see viewtopic.php?f=6&t=233592#p1798248
Excess vitD3 IN THE BLOOD results in poor absorption of dietary calcium , symptomatic as hypercalcemia, as well as Hypervitaminosis D3.
Sounds pretty good, maybe like two waxworms for the 10+ crix you feed on those days. As for veggies, you may know this but here are a few sites for foods