MusikalMadness
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I just recently got a baby bearded dragon this weekend and I didn't take into consideration the holiday weekend. I ran out of crickets!!! I didn't know he'd be eating 30-50 crickets daily. Would it be okay for him to be fed phoenix worms 3 times daily including his greens in the morning over the weekend until I can get crickets? I was told not to buy crickets from local pet stores because you don't know where they're coming from so I order 3/8 inch from timberlinefisheries.com. Also, do I need to gutload the phoenix worms? If so, what do I feed them to do this? I keep them in their little containers because I was told they could thrive in them as long as the substrate stays moist. I think it's sawdust, so I rinse the worms off before I feed them to the baby so they don't harm his digestive system.
Thanks for the help!!
p.s.: when I'm feeding crickets should I dust every single cricket he eats or just one meal of crickets? Normally what I do is mist him around 6:30am when I wake up and turn his UV lights on, wait an hour, give him a small bowl of greens, wait 2 hours give him dusted crickets, wait 3 hours and give him phoenix worms, wait 3 hours and give him dusted crickets, and then wait 2 hours to mist and shut of the lights.
Thanks for the help!!
p.s.: when I'm feeding crickets should I dust every single cricket he eats or just one meal of crickets? Normally what I do is mist him around 6:30am when I wake up and turn his UV lights on, wait an hour, give him a small bowl of greens, wait 2 hours give him dusted crickets, wait 3 hours and give him phoenix worms, wait 3 hours and give him dusted crickets, and then wait 2 hours to mist and shut of the lights.