Dragons can eat too much and many reptiles are gorgers, most often eaten as much as they can when food is plentiful. It isn't unusual for dragons to gorge on silkworm and other worms till the point they regurgitate them back up.



Best rule of thumb with worms is feed them one at a time giving time for your dragon to chew and swallow (keep in mind dragons have a short of 'pouch' in their throat where food often will sit before the swallow it down into the gut. Kind of like a pelican). Typically feed what they will eat in a 5-10 min period. Fresh salad can be left in the cage for snacking on between meals.



It is better to feed 2-3 times a day for young dragons (hatchlings more often but after about 5 months twice a day feedings of insects with greens available all day is good) than just a single huge meal for growing dragons. After they are a year old one insect feeding and salad is fine, tapering off to just a few insects daily or feedings several times a week for over 14 month dragons. (should be pretty much 80-90% greens daily intake of food for adults, the rest insects. Egg laying females (whether bred or not) can have more insects and extra calcium)
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