meet my new baby Elyott

hii! my name is Bryanna. i've been on here for about a week. i just got my new baby beardie today. my first one! she is about 5 inches long and 4 weeks old. it was a horrible 7 hours... no one really liked it. but i got this beautiful little girl (at least i hope its a girl)

this is one of the first pictures i took of her.

all stretched out

i almost thought she was gonna fall asleep

at home!!!

 

[lillylizard]

Oh i know he will still need the crickets just not as offen, and i already knew he wouldn't be switching for a while. The fact that he's eating veggies now means it won't be the "but mom i don't wanna eat veggies" when he's older. And yes he is so big. Its crazy how fast they grow

 

[sweetiepie9]

It is, once he reaches 16" you can add superworms to his protein list. My crew all eat them & have for years. I also have roaches, and 3 of them now eat them, too. Just adds variety. So there are inexpensive options to crickets once he's alot bigger. You'll have to measure him, as he seems alot bigger than in his picture!

 

[lillylizard]

He's 7inches and yes thoughs pics make him look small. So he needs about 11 more inches. and what is the difference between superworms and mealworms? Also my mother would never let me have rouches in the house.

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

Mealworms have a very hard shell made of chitin, and superworms do not. Thats why they are reccomended over mealworms

 

[TheWerewolf]

Mealworms have a very hard shell made of chitin, and superworms do not. Thats why they are reccomended over mealworms

Really? I thought they both had chitin shells. Are the superworm shells softer then?

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

That they are. Still not suggested until your dragon is 16 inches or so, but their shells are softer than mealworms.

 

[lillylizard]

Yeah i thought they were the same too. Anyways i can't wait to be able to buy less crickets. I hate crickets. But he's starting to really like them

 

[TheWerewolf]

Okay, like the entomologist I am I looked up superworms and mealworms. And I found out that they are larvae of the same beetle species.

Superworms:
Latin name: Zophobas Morio
Species: Darkling beetle

Mealworms:
Latin name: Tenebrio Molitor
Species: Darkling beetle

So they are of the same beetle species. Just different beetle larvae.
(Sorry if I hijacked.)

 

[BeardieMommy3991]

Hm. I was pretty sure they bred them differently, so that the superworms had a softer shell and were bigger at full growth(worm stage). But you are the bug guy... Sooo... :dontknow:

 

[sweetiepie9]

Even so, supers are much bigger & have much more meat than mealworms, which are not good for beardies of any size. Supers are normally given to beardies who are bigger than 16" long, because as they grow to adulthood, the kink in their digestive tract straightens out, at least that's what I've been told. My 5 boys love supers & would live on them only if they had the choice, unfortunately, they have to eat their salads first.

 

[lillylizard]

Lol anyway i can't wait to be able to feed them to him because cickets are gross. I don't mind worms. Thry don' hop around or make noise. I reall wish i could get a good price on phoenix woms. Its close to $15 for 100 medium and $15+ for shipping to canada. And some won't ship to canada.

 

[beamingdragon]

make sure your not handling her too much unless you need to. let her settle in for about 4 days. then you can handle her as much as you want!! good luck she gorg!!

 

[lillylizard]

I'm confused by the last post. I've had him for a month, and he loves to be out. Anyways just foun out how big my floor is in my new enclsoure. 2 feet by 3 feet. Hopefully that will be big enough. Any idea for the flooring? I know about tile, or should i use reptile carpet? Disitions disitions

 

[lillylizard]

Omg! I love getting the reptile stuff i ordered! Its feels just like chirstmas again. Some new vtumins, and a reptile hammock, and a new digital thermometer. I had a thermometer already but it wasn't digital, and only celsius. Also as a treat i got a juvenile bearded dragon pelet. As a treat. It says its so healthy but i don't think so. But i love getting my stuff!!!

 

[TheWerewolf]

I love getting now reptile stuff too! I think Nim enjoys it also.

I think beamingdragon didn't read the whole thread. (LOL, who would? It's so long now.)

Hm. I was pretty sure they bred them differently, so that the superworms had a softer shell and were bigger at full growth(worm stage). But you are the bug guy... Sooo... :dontknow:

Well, I was going to post earlier but mom wanted the computer for awhile. I think why supers are better than mealworms is because they have more meat. Like what sweetiepie said. At first I thought mealworms and superworms were the same too. Mealworms have more chitin than meat and supers have more meat than chitin. I think that is the difference. But I will hold on the supers until Nim grows bigger. I really just love sharing my bug knowledge!