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i recently started feeding my dragons butterworms. it seems at least one if not 2 of them arent agreeing with them as i thought they would. it seems as though they are throwing them up. theres no dragon poop with the undigested betterworms, and a small pool of fluid so im assuming they are throwing them up, but i havent seen them do so. but i do know they are not being passed through the digestive track of my dragons. anyone know the reason behind this? should i continue feeding them to my dragons or just stop all together? this is the first time ive seen any of my dragons not like a certain food.
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Beach Beardies

2.2. bearded dragons
1.1. Sugar Gliders
0.2. Felines *queen athena and missy*

if they are regurgitating the butterworms, only a few reasons I can think of that may cause it. Feeding too many at once (dragons are notorious to wolf down a really tasty treat even to the point of over eating) If you are only offering a couple and he throws them up, could be a bad batch of butterworms, or he just doesn't like them.

I suggest not offering butterworms to your guy for a few days, to give his tummy a chance to settle down. Then, if you are offering quite a few at a sitting, just give him one or two with his normal salad and see how that goes.
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PHLdyPayne

Hi
could it also be you feed them les then 2 houres before light go out?
then they can trow up prey items to if they not have time to digest.
byeeee
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www.dragoncave.nl

I've never had that problem. Are you getting them from the silkworm supplier in CA.?

Personally I never risk anything and would stop feeding them for a while.

thanks for the info. ive stopped feeding them for now, ill try again maybe in a few days and only give em a few on top of their salads or along with other bugs.

i got em from http://www.carolinapetsupply.com first time buying from there. good prices but i wasnt happy with how it turned out. i ordered 500 and about half if not more were DOA. the company requires insurance on butterworms to be garenteed for live delivery, what a bunch of crap that is.
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Beach Beardies

2.2. bearded dragons
1.1. Sugar Gliders
0.2. Felines *queen athena and missy*