Questions on feeding?

[Mediabandit]

Like Snazzy said, do not give them mealworms at any age and the link Snazzy provided will cover all food/greens and will also tell you the frequency you can give him/her each item.

 

[newmommybeardie]

What about phoenix worms a lot and crickets on some days with greenies everyday?

Sounds good to me!
Edit: I forgot to mention- if your parents are worried about buying a lot of bugs, you could also consider adopting an adult. They eat 35 to 50 large-sized feeders per week, instead of hundreds of small size per week

I think Zack already has a baby or Juvinile Beardie.

 

[snazzyglasses]

Oops! My bad, sorry about that

 

[Zach7]

What about phoenix worms a lot and crickets on some days with greenies everyday?

Sounds good to me!
Edit: I forgot to mention- if your parents are worried about buying a lot of bugs, you could also consider adopting an adult. They eat 35 to 50 large-sized feeders per week, instead of hundreds of small size per week

I think Zack already has a baby or Juvinile Beardie.

No I dont But I CANT WAIT UNTIL I DO! My older brother had one for 8 years and it passed away when I was around 10 years old. I just forgot some of the stuff I needed to car for it. Now I have most of the info I need and I hope to get it soon once I continue to speak with my parents

 

[newmommybeardie]

What about phoenix worms a lot and crickets on some days with greenies everyday?

Sounds good to me!
Edit: I forgot to mention- if your parents are worried about buying a lot of bugs, you could also consider adopting an adult. They eat 35 to 50 large-sized feeders per week, instead of hundreds of small size per week

I think Zack already has a baby or Juvinile Beardie.

No I dont But I CANT WAIT UNTIL I DO! My older brother had one for 8 years and it passed away when I was around 10 years old. I just forgot some of the stuff I needed to car for it. Now I have most of the info I need and I hope to get it soon once I continue to speak with my parents

Oh ok sorry i have read so many posts and responded to so many i got confused who did or didnt have Beardies.

 

[RelentlessChaos]

1) Young beardies are supposed to eat 50 crickets a day!? Do i buy crickets everyday!? My parents are still wondering how they will be able to buy crickets erveryday. I am still trying to convince them that I will feed them and they will buy them.

2) Can I feed them mealworms some days and crickets other days, and a small bowl of kale, or lettuce. If I do Buy crickets where do I keep them, just in a plastic crate or another small cage? Please, some tips.

1) Buy $5-$10 dollars worth of crickets, & get a Rubbermaid tuper ware thingy ma jig. Dump them all in there w/ egg cartons. You know have yourself a cricket keeper that will last you a week+ depending on how well you clean it out / feed the crickets. Offer carrots / any type of gut-load feeders & cricket drink. You will no longer have to go every day to get crickets.

2) It is always good to mix up food but if he is a hatchling or Juvenile I would NOT offer Mealworms since their shell is hard to digest & can cause impaction. Try Phoenix Worms instead. I offer my Juvenile two servings of Phoenix Worms & one serving of crickets a day. I now believe he is obsessed. xD Phoenix Worms alone are high in calcium / protein & do not need dosing unlike crickets. Always offer fresh veggies daily. Eventually he'll start eating but it won't be easy.

 

[Aboyle143]

the PetSmart around us, only get crickets on Tue & Thur. I went last week in the evening on Tue, & they were already sold out! I did have enough to last well past Thur, though, so please don't think he starved until then! I buy 100 @ a time, (up from 50 first few weeks) & I knew I was going to need more earlie :arrow: r than normal this week, so I popped in right @ noon (delivery time) Tue, to get my 100! Good thing, as he did not have enough to last through Tue night! I buy in advance to make sure they are gut loaded, but have had problems with them dying or getting too big before he can go through them all if I buy too many. I have a small & a large cricket keeper, so I transfer the existing crickets to small, then clean, & take large w/me to the store.

Zach: this is a quote I wrote from another thread. I got some info about feeding from another post as well. I'll they & copy paste for you.
Amber
whoops, sorry, just saw my mistake there! meant:
I'll TRY & copy/paste,,, hope all knew what I meant!