Posted by:
falias
at Wed Sep 3 14:33:23 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by falias ]
But you see...ALL OTHER KNOWLEDGABLE SOURCES SAY THAT IS WRONG. GO pick up ANY dragon book, even the bad ones say that you should contine to supplement throughout the dragons whole life. The books written by people who have devoted thier lives to studying only bearded dragons say that adults should be supplemented every 2-3 DAYS. This is not hard to understand. Your vet is wrong. Not because I think so, but because people who have studied dragons for years say so, and they all agree. I have NEVER read otherwise. Even in those books saying they should get walnut shells as substrate they have teh sense to supplement. They can NOT get what they need from their diet, unless you feed crickets that are on a extremely HIGH calcium diet, or feed butterworms maybe...but if he said to take them off live feeders. Here is the nutritional value of Romaine lettuce which you SHOULD NOT be feeding anyway...isn't that what he recommended to you?
Nutrition Information For Romaine Lettuce
All values are for a one Oz. serving.
Calories (g)... 4.54
Protein (g)... 0.45
Fat (g)... 0.06
Carbohydrates (g)... 0.68
Calcium (mg)... 10.21
Iron (mg)... 0.31
Na (mg)... 2.27
Pot (mg)... 82.22
Phos. (mg)... 12.76
Vitamin A (IU)... 737.1
Vitamin C (mg)... 6.8
Thia (mg)... 0.03
Ribo (mg)... 0.036
Nia (mg)... 0.14
Saturated Fat (g)... 0.01
Monosaturated Fat (g)... 0.0
Polysaturated Fat (g)... 0.03
Crickets
Moisture 68.96
Ash 1.52
Protein 20.72
Fat 5.74
Carbohydrates 3.06
Mg/100g Calc. 21.53
Mg/kg Vit. C 105.90
Dietary Fiber 2.80
Calories/Fat 51.66
I don't know about you guys, but crickets are not the "empty" food in my opinion. There is nothing with substance in the lettuce at all, just a few trace minerals and a couple of calories. Imagine a person living on this diet! They would be skin and bones in a few months. And what about that vit A? That looks like a disaster waiting to happen? Thats probably why the dragon has not been feeling so well, he has toxic levels of vit a in his system.
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