Too Fat?

[Valex]

I have a 3 month old Beardie, and well he is rather fat. When he stands up on all four feet his stomach is only about 1/2 centimeter from the ground. I call it the Beardie Beer Gut. So my question is, can they be too fat, or eat too much? This guy litterly eats until he doesn't want to move any more. At that point he waits till they walk in front of where he is plopped down, then he snaches them up. He reminds me of me... :lol:

 

[Valex]

Bump

 

[Drache613]

Hello,

Can you post a picture of him? That would help. Yes, they can become overweight, but it is healthy for them to have a nice little round belly, that is why a picture will help out.
How much do you feed him, on average?

Tracie

 

[VEGASLIZARD]

I used to think Scorch had an eating disorder. She tried chewing on everything, including the patio chair. LOL I would look at peoples vivs with fake plants in and think, there must be something wrong with her because I know she would eat those leaves. Please post a pic of your chubby one!! I have heard that if you feed them a diet that is too rich in fat that they can get fatty liver disease, but I am not sure if they can get that from just being fat in general on a normal diet. :roll: I am sure that someone on here will know the answer to that though.

 

[Valex]

I'll post a picture as soon as I can but first I have to find the cable. :| He is fed crickets as a staple 2X a day and he will eat as many as he is given no matter what. Like I said earlier he eats until he doesn't want to walk at that point he waits untill they walk in front of him and then he eats those. At that point I take him out at which point I guesstimate he has eaten 50-100 crickets. He also gets a salad mixture in the morning of mustard greens, Kale, dandelion greens, broccoli(sometimes), raw green beans(fresh), bell pepper, cantelope, water melon, pear, and phoenix worms. I mix up the ingredients everyday to ensure vasriety, and they get other foods as well in their salad although I do not remember all the ingredients. He will eat his veggies some days but prefers to be hand fed 5-6 peices and by that point he is done with his salad.

 

[VEGASLIZARD]

Maybe cut back a tad on the crix to 60 a day so he will eat more salad and see how that goes.