Ok, when I get my beardie I plan to feed it a limited amount of insects. Mostly mealworms and other worms along with food pellets and obviously plenty of veggies. If I am limiting his insect intake should I be looking to get a vitamin supplement with phosphorus in it or will the small amount of insects provide enough phosphorus? I already know I need to supplement him with calcium and D3. Also, any advice on where to get a cheap light fixture for my UVB bulb, the only ones the pet store had were rediculously priced because they all came with aquarium bulbs in them. Ugh.
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Phosphorus
playmatekozmo
Oct 15, 2006 01:57 PM
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PHLdyPayne
Oct 15, 2006 02:37 PM
There is no need to add phosphorus into a bearded dragon's diet. Also, don't feed mealworms to young dragons, it can impact them. It is better to feed crickets till they are big enough for larger insects. If you don't like to have crickets in the house, offer silkworms, butterworms, phoenix worms, small horn worms (not wild caught, wild ones are poisonous due to what they eat in the wild), various kinds of roaches, especially the young of larger roaches and superworms (though sparingly with these). Young growing bearded dragons should still get plenty of insects, as they need that proteins. Greens alone do not have sufficient protein for growing babies. However once they are a year old you deffinitely can cut out insects, feeding only a few a day, or a meal a couple times a week.
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