I got a baby beardie from a local breeder a couple of weeks ago. She's very small, maybe 6 inches. She seems to be doing great, but I'm concerned about how little she eats. I've read where young dragons eat 20-60 crickets a day. Is that for even the very young ones? The most I've ever gotten her to eat is 4-5 a day. She doesn't seem to actively go after any crickets that are not near her. Most of the time, she'll only eat 1 or 2 that are dropped near her, or that happen to wander up on her basking rock. Then, if I try to feed her again, later in the day, she may eat 1 or 2 more, but often not. Her basking area, has several ledges to choose from, the hottest being about 120 degrees, then one about 115 (where she usually basks), and then a lower one around 110. She only has to move a few inches to be in a shady area on the same rock, so she doesn't move around a whole lot, although she sometimes wanders a little. I have a reptisun 10.0 within a few inches of her basking site. I dust her crickets with Calcium/D3. The crickets I'm offering her aren't too big. She isn't impacted. She poops normally. She's alert and not sluggish when I handle her. She just doesn't eat as much as I think she should. Is this normal?
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• How much should she eat? - eminart, Mon Jul 2 22:56:33 2007
• RE: How much should she eat? - BDlvr, Tue Jul 3 05:14:20 2007
• RE: How much should she eat? - eminart, Tue Jul 3 09:28:54 2007
• RE: How much should she eat? - HappyHillbilly, Wed Jul 4 08:35:16 2007
• RE: How much should she eat? - eminart, Thu Jul 5 19:12:31 2007