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PHLdyPayne
at Fri Aug 25 19:11:46 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHLdyPayne ]
It is very difficult to say how many crickets to feed any given dragon. Some will eat more than others and it also depends on the size of crickets used (though it is never good to feed crickets larger than the space between the dragon's eyes).
A general rule of thumb when it comes to feeding crickets to young dragons is offer as any crickets the dragon will eat in a 5-10 minute sitting. Some dragons may eat 15 small crickets (for a 4 month old, a quarter to half inch cricket is probably about the correct size) others can eat as many as 50. Let your dragon indicate roughly how much crickets it will eat. After a couple days feeding him crickets twice a day (4 month olds should still get two insect feedings a day with greens being available to them all day long to snack on) you will get an ideal how many crickets he will eat. Then you can offer that amount with maybe a couple more to see if he will eat a bit more.
As the dragon gets older, and is able to eat larger crickets, the amount will start to decrease till he is old enough to only need a small percentage of crickets daily with greens making up the bulk of his daily intake of food. ----- PHLdyPayne
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