Posted by:
LdyPayne
at Sun Nov 20 20:26:38 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by LdyPayne ]
For a dragon's first year of life, especially the first 4 months, insects should be the bulk of their foods. As they get older, greens should be introduced and become a regular part of their diet, increasing in amount as the dragon gets older. Once a year old, dragons should be eating about 90% greens every day, about 5% insects and 5% other (grains, etc).
What can reduce dragon life is getting too much food after a year old and getting fat. Fatty liver disease is a big killer for many reptiles, no to mention other animals.
Unless much more detailed studying about the recommended amounts of food dragons receive in captivity to what they need to remain at a healthy weight, it's very hard to say what is too little and what is too much.
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