Worms for Juvenile Bearded Dragons

[HyperLollipop]

So I know that mealworms can be beneficial to bearded dragons but they shouldn't have them until they're about a year old because the exoskeleton can cause impaction. However we are looking to spice up Herman's diet and we were looking into other worms such as superworms and hornworms. Looking online there are not too many resources that tell me which worms are good for juveniles specifically. Which worms would be good for Herman? In case you need to know he is 4 months old and his primary protein is crickets and he also has leafy greens available at pretty much all times so he can eat whenever he wants a snack.
Thanks!

 

[HyperLollipop]

I just realized this should have been posted in the food for beardies section (i forgot the exact title of the forum) so if mods want to move it they can

 

[KarrieRee]

So I know that mealworms can be beneficial to bearded dragons but they shouldn't have them until they're about a year old because the exoskeleton can cause impaction. However we are looking to spice up Herman's diet and we were looking into other worms such as superworms and hornworms. Looking online there are not too many resources that tell me which worms are good for juveniles specifically. Which worms would be good for Herman? In case you need to know he is 4 months old and his primary protein is crickets and he also has leafy greens available at pretty much all times so he can eat whenever he wants a snack.
Thanks!

I would suggest supers horn and some BSFL which are a staple- you can add them to his diet every day topping his salads - the supers you can feed 1-3 every other day on his salads and the horn worms every day till gone 1-2 they tend to grow fast - is he eating the salads? I would also recommend getting him over on dubia roaches they are a better nutritional staple insect feeder- silk worms are nice and are also a staple feeder but can be spendy- I am going to post some websites for you so you can shop
www.dubiaroaches.com
www.symtonbsf.com
www.reptilianarts.com
www.abragons.com
www.coastalsilkworms.com
Fluker Farms - Order Live Crickets, Mealworms, Superworms they have the best super worms but only sell large so I would wait before you order them from here till hes like 7-8 months old

 

[xp29]

Hornworms are great for hydration and somewhat nutritious but can cause watery poops, silkworms are extremely nutritious but are harder to consistently obtain. They do grow a bit slower than hornworms so you don't have to feed them off as fast.

 

[HyperLollipop]

I would suggest supers horn and some BSFL which are a staple- you can add them to his diet every day topping his salads - the supers you can feed 1-3 every other day on his salads and the horn worms every day till gone 1-2 they tend to grow fast - is he eating the salads? I would also recommend getting him over on dubia roaches they are a better nutritional staple insect feeder- silk worms are nice and are also a staple feeder but can be spendy- I am going to post some websites for you so you can shop
www.dubiaroaches.com
www.symtonbsf.com
www.reptilianarts.com
www.abragons.com
www.coastalsilkworms.com
Fluker Farms - Order Live Crickets, Mealworms, Superworms they have the best super worms but only sell large so I would wait before you order them from here till hes like 7-8 months old

Thanks! What are BSFL?
And as for salads he doesn't really eat them too much, sometimes he munches on the greens though he has been eating them more than he did when we first got him two months ago.
Also about Dubias... I would get but we're finding that they're super expensive. Triple the price of crickets (we give him large crickets, he enjoys them a lot more and we don't find it affects his bowel movements) because if we wanted to get him dubias it would be 30 cents apiece to get him the large ones.

 

[KarrieRee]

Thanks! What are BSFL?
And as for salads he doesn't really eat them too much, sometimes he munches on the greens though he has been eating them more than he did when we first got him two months ago.
Also about Dubias... I would get but we're finding that they're super expensive. Triple the price of crickets (we give him large crickets, he enjoys them a lot more and we don't find it affects his bowel movements) because if we wanted to get him dubias it would be 30 cents apiece to get him the large ones.

Black soldier fly larvae BSFL -- great staple feeder for babies and a good compliment to roaches - where are you looking to buy the roaches? On line or a pet store? I posted a bunch of websites dubia roaches are the most reasonable-- please do not feed any insects bigger than the space between their eyes -- it will cause impaction

 

[HyperLollipop]

Black soldier fly larvae BSFL -- great staple feeder for babies and a good compliment to roaches - where are you looking to buy the roaches? On line or a pet store? I posted a bunch of websites dubia roaches are the most reasonable-- please do not feed any insects bigger than the space between their eyes -- it will cause impaction

Thanks. What size dubia roaches would you recommend then?

 

[KarrieRee]

Thanks. What size dubia roaches would you recommend then?

Look on the chart on dubia roaches and go by that -- look at the space between the eyes on him and compare w/ the chart on that site

 

[Claudiusx]

Moved by Moderator from General to Feeders

 

[Claudiusx]

Hi there,

Mealworms are fine for younger dragons too. Just make sure they are appropriately sized like any other feeder insect. Variety is going to lead to a healthier dragon than picking just 1 "good" insect.

-Brandon