You'll be proud.....& a question

[EccentricME]

We have only had our dragon lincoln for a week and the past 2 days.......yes I said TWO days I fed him the crickets all by my self!!! Haha :lol: 8) I made my husband do it everytime, you would see me jumping around him saying, "Don't lose one!!! Don't lose one!!!" you might have heard a shreek or two I am not going to lie. Uck I hate those buggers!! I Even dropped one and was quick to figure out how to catch it without touching it. Seriously I am not a wimp. I swear. :mrgreen:

Going to stop embarrassing myself and on to my question. Since I have a hatred of all thing cricket I was thinking about buying reptiworms and butterworms with possibly a supplement of cricket once a week or less to mix it up a bit.

My questions are: when you use the reptiworms and butterworms when should you use them? Should you do Repti one day, Butter the next? And since the they have a higher level of CAl do you still need to dust with the Ca or just do the vita dust once a week.
Lincoln is about 9mths.
Not really sure why I think I will have a better time with maggots but it's worth a shot atleast they won't be jumping at me ready to ATTACK!! :twisted:

 

[EccentricME]

One more question. When we make a change over it probably should be a gradual change, right?

 

[AtlasStrike]

I don't know how big your dragon is, but repti worms don't get very large and are quite pricey. Butter worms also aren't recommended as a staple. Have you thought about Dubia? Or maybe a mix of superworms and Dubia?

With the repti-worms, you are correct in that you don't need to supplement them with calcium, but I could totally see Charlie eating 150+ of them in one sitting, and my wallet would not enjoy that.

 

[ZanyAmy]

As stated above, neither are a good staple. I would recommend phoenix worms. Also, to keep from touching crickets (I HATE THEM) I bought a cricket tank with little removable tubes (found at any pet store). The crickets go into the dark tubes and then i take out the entire tube and shake it into a ziplock bag (with dust if necessary). If there are too many, they go from the bag back to the tube. Then I shake the bag out inside the cage and my beardie goes hunting! If that's still too much contact for you, I would definitely say to look into phoenix worms. This website : http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html will tell you what's good for them and what's not. Good Luck!

 

[SoleSky]

Phoenixworms and reptiworms are the same black soldier fly larvae, just a different trade mark. I fed my bearded dragon reptiworms for a lot of his lifetime, crickets were a pain, always arrive DOA and wouldn't stay alive, they smell horrid and have been known to carry pinworms (although this is debatable). Dubia are great but I think they would skeeve you out more than crickets. The little ones are kinda cute though. Butters can't be used as a staple. If your bearded dragon is over 16" then you can give him superworms and crix and dubia all throughout the week. I personally prefer reptis, however my dragon devours them, but it's well worth the price.