Meal worms and dubias?

[Mollysn28]

Hello. My bearded dragon u,is about 5 to 6 months. I got her when she was about 3 weeks old. When I got her from the reptile store, they mainly had her eating dubias and mealworms. So I've kinda just kept her on that regimen, plus salads. She's really good at earing her greens. I feed her 1 to 2 times a day. She'll eat like 15 big worms. I feel like she's getting a a little junk in her trunk. Any diet suggestions?

 

[KarrieRee]

Hello. My bearded dragon u,is about 5 to 6 months. I got her when she was about 3 weeks old. When I got her from the reptile store, they mainly had her eating dubias and mealworms. So I've kinda just kept her on that regimen, plus salads. She's really good at earing her greens. I feed her 1 to 2 times a day. She'll eat like 15 big worms. I feel like she's getting a a little junk in her trunk. Any diet suggestions?

Please lay off the meal worms--- babies are real susceptible to impaction from meal worms- the exo skeleton on them is harsh on babies stomachs -- I would get her on some super worms 2-3 times per week and only feed 1-3 of them- the salads you can feed more of and the dubias are a good staple insect- you can add horn worms to her diet along w/ silk worms as a staple as well - it will give her variety

 

[Claudiusx]

babies are real susceptible to impaction from meal worms

No they aren't.

Too much misinformation on feeder insects has been spreading lately..

Any diet suggestions?

Variety is key. The more different types of insects you can offer, typically the better. A diet of appropriately sized dubias and mealworms is a lot better than a diet of solely dubias.

Make sure to be offering good salads daily too.

-Brandon

 

[Mollysn28]

No they aren't.

Too much misinformation on feeder insects has been spreading lately..


Variety is key. The more different types of insects you can offer, typically the better. A diet of appropriately sized dubias and mealworms is a lot better than a diet of solely dubias.

Make sure to be offering good salads daily too.

-Brandon

Thank you so much. So at this point would you recommend super worms over meal worms?

 

[Claudiusx]

Thank you so much. So at this point would you recommend super worms over meal worms?

Both can have a place in the diet, especially if you're lacking access to other feeder options. Variety is what you should aim for if you can.

Mealworms + superworms are better than one or the other.

-Brandon

 

[Mollysn28]

Both can have a place in the diet, especially if you're lacking access to other feeder options. Variety is what you should aim for if you can.

Mealworms + superworms are better than one or the other.

-Brandon

Got it. I've been doing meal worms, dubias, and BLSF OR whatever. She eats turnip greens, mustard greens, and dandelion greens. But ok. Thank u for the info.