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Reptile shop says my beardie is fat, that I should stop feeding him insects???
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[QUOTE="adambeck, post: 2024332, member: 106443"] Hello from Japan! I’ve been meaning to reach out for impressions about my beardie, Yogi, because I’ve been confused about his weight and about feeding him. This past weekend, though, he stayed in the “pet hotel” at our local reptile shop (where we originally got Yogi) and the guy there told me he was getting fat and that I should no longer feed him insects. [ATTACH type="full" alt="057E14CE-572D-416A-92AA-CA905A4C2F62.jpeg"]80832[/ATTACH] Here are the details… *Yogi will be 2 years old in July. Except for a bout of coccidiosis when he was just a few months old, he has been very healthy. He’s always been a good eater. He’s now 52 centimeters long and weighs 554 grams. (Most of the info I see on a “healthy weight” for adult beardies is between 400~550 grams.) *I feed him salads every day (though I skip a day of feeding now and then) and around 4 large dubias a week. (We breed our own dubias and he loves them. I don't feed him any other types of insects.) In other words, compared to what I often see written about feeding adult beardies, I don’t really feed him many protein-rich insects…and yet it’s true that his weight has continued to rise and I worry about him getting heavier and heavier. I thought his weight would level off at some point, but that hasn't been the case. *After he eats, he tends to get bloated and looks heavier at those times. He generally poops every 2-3 days, usually in a warm water bath. *He’s not terribly active, but I do take him out of his tank daily and he runs around the living room a bit before settling on his pillow by the window, where he spends a couple of hours gazing outside and basking in the sunshine. *The guy at the reptile shop (who does have some years of experience and knowledge) recommended that I now stop feeding him dubias and only give him salads, perhaps dusted with bearded dragon pellets (photo below) that have been crushed into powder. *The fact that Yogi is now heavier than the upper “limit” of 550 grams, and yet I don’t feed him nearly as many insects as what is often recommended on the web, is very confusing to me. How do any beardies stay at a healthy weight if they continue to be fed insects on a regular basis? I’d be really grateful for your impressions, especially from keepers with experience raising many beardies. (Yogi is only our second beardie.) Thanks a lot! Adam and Yogi [ATTACH type="full" alt="F2F250D5-DA68-48B6-906D-3F0D990AB5CB.jpeg"]80833[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="C36ACBF2-24B9-4A93-9B65-5097BB56DE55.jpeg"]80834[/ATTACH] These are the pellets I mentioned, which apparently contain some insect protein and calcium. (In Japanese, bearded dragon is "futoago".) [ATTACH type="full" alt="5A7029EC-D380-4D8E-B1EB-3B6593909F29.jpeg"]80835[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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