Hi!
I've done a lot of research and have a lot of mixed info in my head, such as "water dishes are useless, beardies drink in their bath", or "water dishes are a must, if they were in the wild they'd go looking for water and drink it" and would like to get 'straight' answers from people who own beardies.
1) I've seen that collard greens are good for their diet and should be provided daily, but when I searched collard greens, it was marrow-stem kale...? Not sure how to prepare this... Help!
2) I have to go to school, so I'm up at 6 30am and leave the house at 8, and I'm not back until about 4 15ish, so that's 7ish hours where I'm not there, and I am set on getting a baby so I could see him/her grow up, so if I fed him/her right before I leave, and ASAP when I come back, would s/he be ok?? I could get my mom to feed it if necessary until s/he'd be older and could go the day without feeding.
3) what I wrote down after a afternoon of feeding related researches was that you feed a baby beardie 3 times a day, and each time crickets or other small edible inverts are offered, but a salad should always be in the tank just in case they wanna try some... right?
4) do they *need* a water dish? I'd offer one anyways, but I'm not sure if that'd be an unnecessary other cleaning task for my early mornings...
5)I've read that Adults are fed twice a day, morning and night, both times a new salad is prepared and offered, and on the second feeding, bugs are given too, or that it's bugs only every second day, twice a day, and salad on every other day... which is correct?
6)How is the transition from "baby diet" to adult diet done? Do you just slowly decrease the amount of insects you give them?
7) vitamin D3 and calcium, and multivitamin how often for each age(baby, juvie, adult)? And is multivitamin needed? Does it go on their bugs or salad?
8 )I've read that roaches are better than crickets, and vice versa, which one is better? I plan on getting the "less healthy" one as a "extra" as in I'll feed it every now and again, but not as a staple and also Phoenix worms as a staple feeder...
9) will a salad with squash (yellow, butternut or spaghetti. I'll switch it up :wink: ) turnip greens, collard greens(maybe) and chopped carrot or red bell pepper be a good daily mix?
Thanks a million!!!!
Rain claw
:mrgreen:
I've done a lot of research and have a lot of mixed info in my head, such as "water dishes are useless, beardies drink in their bath", or "water dishes are a must, if they were in the wild they'd go looking for water and drink it" and would like to get 'straight' answers from people who own beardies.
1) I've seen that collard greens are good for their diet and should be provided daily, but when I searched collard greens, it was marrow-stem kale...? Not sure how to prepare this... Help!
2) I have to go to school, so I'm up at 6 30am and leave the house at 8, and I'm not back until about 4 15ish, so that's 7ish hours where I'm not there, and I am set on getting a baby so I could see him/her grow up, so if I fed him/her right before I leave, and ASAP when I come back, would s/he be ok?? I could get my mom to feed it if necessary until s/he'd be older and could go the day without feeding.
3) what I wrote down after a afternoon of feeding related researches was that you feed a baby beardie 3 times a day, and each time crickets or other small edible inverts are offered, but a salad should always be in the tank just in case they wanna try some... right?
4) do they *need* a water dish? I'd offer one anyways, but I'm not sure if that'd be an unnecessary other cleaning task for my early mornings...
5)I've read that Adults are fed twice a day, morning and night, both times a new salad is prepared and offered, and on the second feeding, bugs are given too, or that it's bugs only every second day, twice a day, and salad on every other day... which is correct?
6)How is the transition from "baby diet" to adult diet done? Do you just slowly decrease the amount of insects you give them?
7) vitamin D3 and calcium, and multivitamin how often for each age(baby, juvie, adult)? And is multivitamin needed? Does it go on their bugs or salad?
8 )I've read that roaches are better than crickets, and vice versa, which one is better? I plan on getting the "less healthy" one as a "extra" as in I'll feed it every now and again, but not as a staple and also Phoenix worms as a staple feeder...
9) will a salad with squash (yellow, butternut or spaghetti. I'll switch it up :wink: ) turnip greens, collard greens(maybe) and chopped carrot or red bell pepper be a good daily mix?
Thanks a million!!!!
Rain claw
:mrgreen: