snakepeople
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I just got my bearded dragon a few days ago, and I'm worried about her. I made a separate forum post about my enclosure so you can see all those details here: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=226031
She isn't eating or going after her crickets. We only put a few in her cage but she doesn't even look at them and we had to scoop them out later. All shes eaten are a few mealworms and nibbled on a pepper from her salad. (I know she shouldn't eat mealworms, I learnt that later on sadly and she will not eat them again! We had some on-hand and wanted to see if she'll eat SOMETHING!)
I was considering switching to Phoenix Worms considering the aforementioned worm eating, and I was wondering a few things:
1. Should they still be dusted with a multivitamin once a week, even though they don't need to be calcium dusted?
2. Can she switch back to crickets once she settles in as an adult and doesnt have a problem chasing them / is less scared from rehoming, or is starting her young on phoenix worms going to make her only want phoenix worms.
3. What's a range of how many phoenix worms a baby beardie would eat in a feeding? I'm going to give her as many as she needs for 15 minutes, but I need to know for ordering/planning, is the range of critters eaten by a baby in a feeding in the 4-10 range, the 10-40 range, or the 40-100 range, since that drastically changes how many we have to order.
4. If we don't need to dust the phoenix worms, should we dust her veggies with calcium/multivitamins?
She isn't eating or going after her crickets. We only put a few in her cage but she doesn't even look at them and we had to scoop them out later. All shes eaten are a few mealworms and nibbled on a pepper from her salad. (I know she shouldn't eat mealworms, I learnt that later on sadly and she will not eat them again! We had some on-hand and wanted to see if she'll eat SOMETHING!)
I was considering switching to Phoenix Worms considering the aforementioned worm eating, and I was wondering a few things:
1. Should they still be dusted with a multivitamin once a week, even though they don't need to be calcium dusted?
2. Can she switch back to crickets once she settles in as an adult and doesnt have a problem chasing them / is less scared from rehoming, or is starting her young on phoenix worms going to make her only want phoenix worms.
3. What's a range of how many phoenix worms a baby beardie would eat in a feeding? I'm going to give her as many as she needs for 15 minutes, but I need to know for ordering/planning, is the range of critters eaten by a baby in a feeding in the 4-10 range, the 10-40 range, or the 40-100 range, since that drastically changes how many we have to order.
4. If we don't need to dust the phoenix worms, should we dust her veggies with calcium/multivitamins?