VenusAndSaturn":17gsyvj5 said:You have to remember though beardies and leos are very very different in terms of what they can handle.
I feed my leo superworms as well, along with crickets and mealworms and I feed the same food items to my beardies as well but in different amounts and only to specific ages as young beardies can't handle mealworms or superworms very well as they are still undeveloped compared to an adult but a leo pretty much can at a young age.
My main issue with superworms is that they are fatty and addictive. You have no idea how painful it is to get your beardies off superworms and for it to take a total of 5 months to do so. And then another 5 months for them to even dare look at their salad because for the past months all they would accept was superworms and didn't acknowledge anything else as food.
We also dont know the exact age of the posters beardie so feeding daily could be overfeeding.
Along with that supers should only be offered one or two times a week at the very most to avoid addiction and other issues caused in beardies with this feeder. And only 4-5 at the most for a feeding day.
Do some googling and youll see the cases. Like I said though, not sure how valid they are. Maybe the dragons died of other causes. I dont have experience with liquid calcium. Alot of them seem to have choked on the liquid so maybe just give tiny drops on the bose.Taterbug":rn7slem4 said:There is liquid calcium with both D3 and without. I’d recommend without. One of the mods in here sells it I believe. I’ve never heard any instances of liquid calcium, properly dosed, killing reptiles. Plain calcium without D3 is pretty safe. You could also try different calcium powders, repashy has a pretty different texture/flavor/smell.
I would not recommend feeding only supers, or more supers. If she is already happy to eat crickets finding a calcium supplementation that works for her is better in the long run for health.
Feeding dusted supers and insisted crickets, depending on the dragons age, could cause a pretty big calcium imbalance.
Taterbug":366nwiyo said:“ do some googling” really? How lazy. If you have links I’d be interested to read them, otherwise it’s not come up in any of my research in publications, vet texts or discussions with researches.
Calcium powders are designed to correct the calciumhosphorus ratio of crickets. Other bugs... more or less powder can adhere to them... For growing dragons most if not all insects should be dusted. Dusting half would mean on average the proper calcium ratio is not met. Older dragons who’s bones are done growing are less at risk.
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