My Bearded Dragon Ate An Ant?!

[BrittsBeardie15]

Hi all! My name is Brittany and I'm new to this site and bearded dragons. I just got my first dragon a few weeks ago, her name is Piper, she is only a few momths old and she's my baby girl. I take her out to play every day with me and she loves to run around on my bed, jump on top my head and into my hair, etc.. But yesterday I thought she would want a little more room to run around so I let her play on the floor. An ant crawled in from under my door and without any thought she ran after it and ate it! I know that feeding your dragon insects from outside is bad for them so I would like to know if this is going to harm her or affect her health in any way? I've literally fallen in love with her and I don't want anything to happen

 

[CooperDragon]

While it's not ideal, I don't think eating an ant will cause an issue. I've been upset about my little buddy eating wild bugs now and then and it hasn't amounted to anything.

 

[Taterbug]

Most wild insects are only "bad" because we don't know what they have been up too/eating. I'd only worry if you put out ant bait and poison, even then one ant isn't likely to have enough to be harmful.

 

[Stolzieren]

I don't think one ant will give her any problems. just be sure she doesn't go for any other bugs. it can be hard though, beardies are fast little things!