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Is it possible to raise a dragon without feeding it crickets all the time? Are mealworms,waxworms,and a veg/fruit mix enough?
And feed them crickets every now and then.
Thanks

aslong as you dont feed it to many mealworms or wax worms it wiil be iight and if it is and adult you can feed it insects twice a weekand always feed it vegies with calcium or preferly used by me dragon dust vegie fourmula but dont feed him vitamins and calciun all the time it could die or get sick.

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Growing baby dragons need to have mostly insects in their diet for the first 6 months of life. Crickets do not have to be the staple insect but if you are not going to be using crickets, you do need to use a healthy nutritious feeder insect instead. Good substitites for crickets are various species of roachs (hissers, lobster, orange head, discoid, etc. Note that some roaches as adults are way to big or hard shelled for baby bearded dragons, but the baby roaches are fine. Keep to the space between the eyes rule for size of insect prey), silkworms, butterworms, pheonix worms, and superworms are all good foods to use.

Once dragons reach 12-14 months of age, their diet should be 90% vegetable matter, such as collard greens, endive, escaroli, dandelion greens, turnup and mustard greens, etc with as much variety included as possible.

Commercial made dragon pellets can be used instead of insects as well, but you must ensure your dragon gets plenty of water. Dragons get the majority of their water from the foods they eat and commerical pellets have only about 10% water. Insects have about 60% or more water. Soaking the pellets help add more water to the diet, but getting your dragon to drink from a shadow bowl of water or lightly misting the sides of the cage so you dragon will be attracted to the water droplets rolling down the cage sides to lick them up will ensure your dragon doesn't become dehydrated on a mostly pellet diet. It is also good to add the pellets to their salad.
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PHLdyPayne

Thanks for all the information. I have snakes, so this is the first reptile I have had that needs to eat everyday.
Thanks