Questions of a soon to be a beardie owner

[Sushi]

Hello everyone!

I usually avoid forums of any kind, as I usually get bad experience on them.

Although, since I'm gonna be a beardie momma.. what else can I do?

So.. my questions are:

Any specific basking temperature for a beardie of any age? (I need that in Celsius)

How to tame them?

What to feed them? How often?

Can you "potty" train them? If so, how?

How warm should their water bath be? (Celsius)

Can baby to juvi beardies eat mealworms?
(I am scared of crickets, and hoppers [to death lol])

Or should I be getting small dubia roaches?

If any new questions arise, I'll ask here ^^

Thank you!

 

[xp29]

The crickets are more likeky to give the spider parasites lol (sadly im not kidding though)
Crickets are not the cleanest of feeders. Be care the recluse spiders ARE venomous don't give it a chance to bite you.

 

[xp29]

Its

Thank you! I really worked hard on the set up.
She eats a bit of her greens from my hand, but then she stops to look at me.
When can they be sexed correctly?
I am a bit scared since I heard that female beardies can produce eggs (infertile though) without a male, and what scares me the most is that they can go egg bound and die.

It's not can, they will produce eggs even without breeding. Egg binding can happen, but if your beardie is healthy it shouldn't have an issue, you just have to be aware that it can happen so your ready on the off chance it does.

 

[Sushi]

The crickets are more likeky to give the spider parasites lol (sadly im not kidding though)
Crickets are not the cleanest of feeders. Be care the recluse spiders ARE venomous don't give it a chance to bite you.

Yep, just another reason to keep her on dubias-

 

[Sushi]

I think the crickets ate the recluse..... are they dangerous to my beardie now or not?

 

[Groggyfroggie]

I think the crickets ate the recluse..... are they dangerous to my beardie now or not?

That’s kinda concerning, maybe just dump the whole tub out.

 

[Sushi]

That’s kinda concerning, maybe just dump the whole tub out.

Are you sure? I mean- I went off dart frogs. To become toxic themselves, they must eat something toxic. So if those crickets ate a poisonous spider, they must be toxic themselves. Right? Well, no idea if they are safe to my lil pancake or not. Hurts me to dump the tub out-

 

[Groggyfroggie]

How many crickets are in that tub? Well at least it’s safer than having your beardie eat it then get sick

 

[xp29]

I think venom doesn't really work that way. If the crickets did ingest the spider i think their stomach would neutralize the venom, if not the crickets that ate it would die. Unless you found bits of the spider it's more likely that it just escaped anyway. But all this is just my opinion take it with a grain of salt.

 

[KarrieRee]

When in doubt get rid of the crickets

 

[Sushi]

I think venom doesn't really work that way. If the crickets did ingest the spider i think their stomach would neutralize the venom, if not the crickets that ate it would die. Unless you found bits of the spider it's more likely that it just escaped anyway. But all this is just my opinion take it with a grain of salt.

There is literally 0 signs of the spider :skullemoji:. And it was in a tightly closed tub, so highly impossible for it to escape from cricket's madness lol.

 

[Sushi]

How many crickets are in that tub? Well at least it’s safer than having your beardie eat it then get sick

When in doubt get rid of the crickets

True. I might dump them out and order new ones. Hopefully no more spiders

 

[Sushi]

I found her scratching at left corner. Then she got under the kitchen towel lol. Yeah, she is sleeping under it rn

 

[Sushi]

She is a he. He's got very faint hemipens, but they're there. Two little tic tacs lmao.

Also, salad head

 

[xp29]

He is a very handsome dude!

 

[Sushi]

He is a very handsome dude!

Salad Head most certainly