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I was just wondering how old/large a beardie should be before I introduce superworms to him? I just got a whole mess of em and am thinking it would be ok to give him the ones that are freshly molten/soft and white, but want to hear yall's opnions first.
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0.1 Veiled Chameleon (Lola)
0.1 Leopard Gecko (Cleo)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Flash)
1.0 Great Dane (Hercules)

Oh and btw, my beardie is 11 inches long.
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0.1 Veiled Chameleon (Lola)
0.1 Leopard Gecko (Cleo)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Flash)
1.0 Great Dane (Hercules)

I regularly feed superworms to my adults. But, I think 11 inches is a little small. I don't think superworms have a particularly hard outside shell but they do bite and their heads are difficult to digest. I'd wait till at least 250 grams, but I am very conservative on food choice and size compared to others so keep that in mind.

Hi
i give 1,2 when the head size is half the size of the morioworm.
but not much like i say 1 ,2 .
byeeeeee
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I don't feed superworms anymore. dragons don't even digest them that well....you can see the worms in their poop. also i've had a dragon vomit up some worms from injesting them too fast.

you can feed supers to dragons, i just wouldn't do it that often...ie not a staple food.
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a free range dragon is a happy dragon

a 11" bearded dragon can handle a few newly molted but small superworms. I have fed superworms to my dragon on and off since she was about that size and never had any problems. I still feed her some now and again for variety with her salads now.

I have fed my first bearded dragon (which I had to sell years ago...she would be 5-6 years old now...really wished my cousin called me when he didn't want to keep her anymore..at that time I would have been able to buy her back..had to sell because I was moving to another city and had to stay with friends for a couple months till I found my own place). Anyway, I never noticed undigested superworms in my dragon's poops...I could see the exoskeletons which are not digested which is normal.

Never had a dragon puke them back up...though I had one do that with silkworms but I am quite sure it was because I fed her way too many (I had left a bunch as I was going away for the weekend and thought she would just eat her fill and leave the rest, but I guess she wolfed them all down).
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