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[QUOTE="Spider8ait1994, post: 2042726, member: 101939"] They’re moist so not dried. I’ll see if I can find a link to the product as it may be easier to see the product rather than try and decipher any explanation I can give 😂. I’ve never fed my dragons dried insects as I feel the fresher the better. This product is specifically marketed as something of an emergency backup insect option if you find yourself without insects and can’t get to a store to restock/your local store is out of live insects etc so now I know my dragons like these I will keep some packs on hand but for Spike I would use these as something of a main insect source for him just due to his unique situation with having had that oesophagus reconstruction and with his older age as something like this is easier for him than a live insect that’s wriggling around or something with a harder shell. His main struggle is with actually getting food into his mouth as his short range vision is very poor due to age so when he’s close enough to food to be in grabbing range he just can’t see it and thinks it’s gone. Sometimes he’ll have a go but left unassisted he’ll strike at where he thinks the food is and will either have 0% success rate or succeed maybe 1 in every 10 attempts and it takes him a LONG time so he may take a half hour to eat maybe 8-10 insects. I use feeding tweezers with his food to assist him so I’ve taught him that when I have food I’ll tap the floor twice then tap the food to the side of his mouth and he knows to open up and grab it on that side so with that process he has a lot more success eating and can get a good 30 insects in maybe 8-10 minutes max. He also has some issues with moving food around his mouth mainly on the left size so I try to feed him on his right side. This difficulty he has seems to be as a result of the surgery he had for his tumor as they did have to cut through muscle to get to the tumor so it is possible that would have affected how much he may be able to move his tongue on that left side. He is slowly improving with that as he’s re-learning how to use his tongue on that side with his situation. I try to keep him to his usual food ratio so he’ll have insects twice a week and I try to give him some sort of vegetation 3-4 times a week so that’s usually softer veggies like steamed pumpkin or I’ll blend up some pak Choy or something of the sort as a ‘smoothie’ for him since leafy greens as is are too difficult for him nowdays and once a week I’ll supplement that with some Emeraid formula just to ensure he’s really getting the nutrients he needs so for that I do one small scoop of the omnivore formula with 1 small scoop of the carnivore formula and 14ml water to mix it up. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.aqualifeaquarium.com.au/jurassic-natural-black-soldier-fly-larvae-20g-supe[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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