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I read on a Waterdragon page that the keeper fed one of them in a week like this: stl ate 14 large to medium crickets, 27.5 King mealworms and 1/2 a pinky.

That is a lot of mealworms. I am not at all criticising, I do not know much at all, cause I am thinking about getting a Waterdragon, so I'm just asking. I want to know thats all. Is that good, I mean crickets are from what I know, far more healthy the Mealworms. Shouldn't the basic isect diet cosist of mailny Crickets. I am just wondering?

Thanks In Advance
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CokeOfMan

Crickets are mostly water, they are okay for babies that are too small for pinkies etc., but are nothing more then snacks to adults. I don't know what king mealworms are, but if thats a common name for Zoophobas then, I agree they are a much better food. Personally, the stable food for my waterdragons are fuzzies, 2-3 per waterdragon per week.

So, the insect diet should be cosisting mainly of King Mealworms..Zophobas? And ofcourse the pinkys too.
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CokeOfMan

I would never feed an animal strictly pinkies for a diet...you are going to end up with a very fat obese animal.

Pinkies are very high in fat and cholesterol. They do provide a calcium benefit from the bones but I would stick to crickets, king mealworms, and you can even get them on canned dog food (which must be low in ash content) AT MOST: I would feed 1 pinkie a week. I feed one full grown basilisk: 3 crickets, 3 king mealworms and offer canned dog food which is usually accepted every day. They get a pinkie every 1 or 2 weeks.

In my opinion pinkies are not a balanced diet and they are not the best choice for food...even roaches are an excellent option...but i'd offer pinkies, waxworms, and feeder fish very sparingly to water dragons and basilisks.
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Chris

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It's hard to supplement them with vitamins on a mouse or mealworm...as the dust has a tough time sticking...crickets are perfect for dusting so at least you will know that the animal is recieving the vitamins it needs.
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Chris
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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 raised my waterdragons on pinkies and fuzzies and the oldest is about 16 years old now and still breeds. Lets see you do that with crickets and mealworms!