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I don't have the chance to get live food for my bearded very often. I was wondering if there was anything that I could feed her that would also give her the protien that she needs. Maybe something like raw chicken(or cooked, I don't know).
Also, I was wondering if anyone knows of feeder insects that are easily bred.

When i haven't been able to get my Dragon live food, there are mealworms and crickets in cans. My dragon doesn't like them as much but it works in a pinch. Crickets i hear are relatively easy to raise but they stink very bad. I am going to be trying to raise silk worms for my little one soon. I hear they are the best to feed with.

good luck

I don't know how old your Dragon is. But, if it's small (like under a year old) it really needs live food on a daily basis for proper growth.

Chicken, meat, fish etc. have too much protein for the Dragons system to handle and will be damaging. I too have seen crickets in a can and you could try that. I've heard that setting up a Roach colony is not difficult but have never done it my self.

Well, Crickets are always readily available on the internet. I use Southern Cricket Wholesale. www.southerncricket.com and they have excellent service. Crickets are $10.00 per 1,000 there. Buying this way is very economical. Yes, sometimes the crickets smell, but having happy health Dragons is more important to me. I keep their tank as clean as possible and they really don't smell much. I live in New Jersey and have to store mine inside.

I also keep silkworms. More as treat than food staple though. I find the suppliers not as reliable and silkworms can be somewhat fragile. I have had large die-offs a few times.

Phoenix worms are a very easy odor free insect also. You don't have to feed them and you just store them at room temperature. I've gone away from them though. Often they come out like they went in leaving me to believe that my Dragons cannot digest them properly.

Mealworms and superworms are not suitable for young dragons. Their hard shell can cause impaction.

Waxworms are a great treat but they are high in fat.

I have to agree, that live food is best and of course vegetable matter.

there are lots of choices and ways to obtain them, any local pet shop or petsmart,petco etc has a selection of live insects suitable for dragons as well as the internet, ive used reptilefood.com, mulberry farms, and others. Yes having l000 crickets can get quite stinky.

My guys and gals wont touch any dead insects, so canned dried insects wouldnt work here, also the adding of calcium powder and mineral powder shook in a bag with the live insects before feeding and some gutloading before you feed them to your dragons.

good luck
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we buy crickets from angel's r us .. its a pretty near place were i live and my brother work's there
we buy them in bulk .. and they dont small as bad as people say if you keep them cleaned and what not

we buy atlease 1000 crickets a week in a sence are 8 beared dragons .. eat 1000 crickets every week

i really can't help you with any other food's to supply with sence we only gut load cricket's .

good luck though

she's about two and a half.

If she's 2 and 1/2 and big (> 18" I'd get superworms. They are very easy to maintain and inexpensive. As an Adult you only need to feed live food every other day. I have heard of as little as once a week but I think that's not enough, especially for egg laying females.

Superworms just eat bits of vegitable matter and can be kept at room temperature. Again they can be ordered on the internet in bulk. southerncricket.com sells them but so do many other people.