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Hey i was just wondering if it was safe to feed my dragon steak and porkchop?

No, I would not do that. Much to fatty for them. Instead as a supplement, along with crickets, mealworms, and the OCCASSIONAL pinky mouse...you can feed canned dog food. Make sure it doesn't have gravy or anything really fatty in it either. Also find one with a low ash content. The mix we use is peas, beef, and rice.

They don't take to it right away but after awhile they should nibble at it.

The steak idea wouldn't work in the first place unless you intend to shove it in their mouth which will be very stressful and then they may refuse to eat altogether. People claim to have success with snakes eating steaks but I've never seen it and I don't believe it.
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Chris

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ooo it does work that's why.....

if u want i can show u a pix...it willingly eats it....

n/p
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Chris

1.2.0 Bearded Dragons
1.2.0 Green Basilisks
1.1.0 Crested Geckos
1.2.0 Veiled Chameleons
1.1.0 Corn Snakes
1.0.0 Tokay Geckos
0.0.1 California Kingsnakes
2.5.1 Leopard Geckos

I once had a Eastern hognose snake that I fed raw steak with a calcium pill embeded in it.Its was cheaper and easier the feeding him toads his natural food, that and I kind a like toads. He lived for about fifteen years on this diet. Actually most colubrids will eat raw beef, the smell of the blood overwhelms them, expecially those who are known to eat carion in the wild ratsnakes and racers for example. As far as waterdragons are concerned, I wouldn't recommend it accept as a treat. Feeding your WD whole animals insures that they are getting a ballanced diet. Since it takes calcium to digest protiens, a diet high in protien could lead to MBD, also captive waterdragons already have problems with fat because they are less active then they would be in the wild. increasing the Fat in their diet can lead to heart disease, fatty liver disease and a generally shorter life span.

heheh thx that's all i wanted to know

Hmmm I havent tried beef or pork or anything, but lately, i've been giving my dragon small slices of chicken, with all the fat i could cut off, obviously not the stuff you cant see. And then i take a disk of calcium powder and dip t he meat in there and give it to him, he loves it. I do this about every 3 days, and I give him crickets about twice a week. Its just crickets can be a extreme cost and burdun, Im just using the chicken to replace the fuzzies. I still give him a fuzzie about once a month though.
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