Which feeder is best for a Juvenile beardie (8-9 inches long)

[Gyrffinthedragon]

I have a question about feeding my dragon. I have a juvenile beardie 8-9inches long that mainly eats crickets. I try to buy and feed medium crickets and he seems to eat them fine. Since he's a younger beardie he tends to have some trouble catching them so I have to help him. Here lately I have been getting really fed up with crickets as they are SOooo loud! Not to mention the ones I get from Petco/ PetSmart always die off within a few days and it's hard to keep them alive. That being said, I want to know if I could start breeding mealworms. There is some controversy that comes with these guys in the community I know, but iv heard it both ways, some people have raised bearded on meal/ super worms with no problem and some people say not to do it. I am a Nurse and so is my wife so I don't have loads of time to deal with breeding crickets or roaches. I wanna know if it will be okay to feed my Juvenile beardie medium to full-grown meal worms or if I should just put up with crickets or try dubia roaches?

 

[KarrieRee]

I have a question about feeding my dragon. I have a juvenile beardie 8-9inches long that mainly eats crickets. I try to buy and feed medium crickets and he seems to eat them fine. Since he's a younger beardie he tends to have some trouble catching them so I have to help him. Here lately I have been getting really fed up with crickets as they are SOooo loud! Not to mention the ones I get from Petco/ PetSmart always die off within a few days and it's hard to keep them alive. That being said, I want to know if I could start breeding mealworms. There is some controversy that comes with these guys in the community I know, but iv heard it both ways, some people have raised bearded on meal/ super worms with no problem and some people say not to do it. I am a Nurse and so is my wife so I don't have loads of time to deal with breeding crickets or roaches. I wanna know if it will be okay to feed my Juvenile beardie medium to full-grown meal worms or if I should just put up with crickets or try dubia roaches?

I recommend dubia roaches --- set up a 10 gallon tank order like around 200 of them or so get some dubia food and dubia dew feed them the things your dragon eats for veggies --- Nutrition Content ignore the kale thing its a good staple feeder
mealworms and super worms are not recommended for feeding as a staple --- they are treat worms other alternatives for staple feeders are BSFL which are a great staple along w/ roaches for babies / juvenile dragons - the larvae are small so if its a main staple its going to take alot of them to feed that is why I also say dubias as they will fill him up - or silk worms as a main staple as well - those are spendy tho -- here are some websites for the insects
www.dubiaroaches.com - they are running low on roaches but try there they have good roaches and horn worms - those grow really fast - and are a good hydrating worm
www.symtonbsf.com order large and Do not dust them - only the roaches
www.reptilianarts.com -- silk worms and roaches
Live Superworms, Buy Bulk Super Worms these people have great superworms you will need a container w/ lids w/ holes for them and bran to feed - I just got bran off of ebay for mine - and I feed carrots for hydration - I do not feed my dragons carrots tho too much Vit A as i feed my dubias carrots too -- fyi--

 

[Gyrffinthedragon]

I recommend dubia roaches --- set up a 10 gallon tank order like around 200 of them or so get some dubia food and dubia dew feed them the things your dragon eats for veggies --- Nutrition Content ignore the kale thing its a good staple feeder
mealworms and super worms are not recommended for feeding as a staple --- they are treat worms other alternatives for staple feeders are BSFL which are a great staple along w/ roaches for babies / juvenile dragons - the larvae are small so if its a main staple its going to take alot of them to feed that is why I also say dubias as they will fill him up - or silk worms as a main staple as well - those are spendy tho -- here are some websites for the insects
www.dubiaroaches.com - they are running low on roaches but try there they have good roaches and horn worms - those grow really fast - and are a good hydrating worm
www.symtonbsf.com order large and Do not dust them - only the roaches
www.reptilianarts.com -- silk worms and roaches
Live Superworms, Buy Bulk Super Worms these people have great superworms you will need a container w/ lids w/ holes for them and bran to feed - I just got bran off of ebay for mine - and I feed carrots for hydration - I do not feed my dragons carrots tho too much Vit A as i feed my dubias carrots too -- fyi--

Thank you!

 

[inky]

I have a question about feeding my dragon. I have a juvenile beardie 8-9inches long that mainly eats crickets. I try to buy and feed medium crickets and he seems to eat them fine. Since he's a younger beardie he tends to have some trouble catching them so I have to help him. Here lately I have been getting really fed up with crickets as they are SOooo loud! Not to mention the ones I get from Petco/ PetSmart always die off within a few days and it's hard to keep them alive. That being said, I want to know if I could start breeding mealworms. There is some controversy that comes with these guys in the community I know, but iv heard it both ways, some people have raised bearded on meal/ super worms with no problem and some people say not to do it. I am a Nurse and so is my wife so I don't have loads of time to deal with breeding crickets or roaches. I wanna know if it will be okay to feed my Juvenile beardie medium to full-grown meal worms or if I should just put up with crickets or try dubia roaches

Thank you!

i think you should feed your beardie dubia roaches for the following reasons 1 they are very easy to breed 2 they cant escape 3 they give more overall calcium 4 they make no sound or you can take the easy way out and use horn worms they are amazing too(this is coming from a 9 year old so dont just go off what i say)