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Anyone use this?I was thinking about buying some to cut back on the cost of crickets.I looked on a bottle of it and I dont think it had any directions.So how do you feed it to them and how much do you give?

I tried it but my beardies don't like it (but they like LM Juvenile Iguana food). Now I think I'll try the Rep-Cal food for juvenile bearded dragons. Sounds like a majority of breeders use it.
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Julie

1.1.0 bearded dragons
0.0.1 painted mantella
0.0.1 golden mantella
4.2.2 green anoles
1.0.0 brown anoles
1.0.0 gold dust day gecko
1.0.0 house gecko
0.2.0 long-tailed grass lizards
2.1.0 cats
2.2.0 goldfishes

I would stick to bearded dragon food, Julie. Iguanas have a completly different diet, and the iguana pellets will not provide the correct nutrition for a beardie. Rep-Cal is good, but my beardie actually prefers T-Rex bearded dragon pellets with cricket flavour

I like feeding the zoo med juvenile beardie pellets to my dragons that are already use to pellets. The problem with zoomed pellets is if soaked they turn to mush which is not good. I start my babies and young dragons on rep-cal juvi pellets as I can soak them in juices/water and they hold their shape, also the different colors seems to catch their attentions. I always offer either brand pellets on top of their salads for variety. I like rep-cal pellets don't get me wrong, but when it comes to ingredients I like that zoomed juvi blend as it uses as a main ingredient alfalfa which when it comes to plants/greens can't be beat nutritionally wise. Most other pellets use corn or wheat meals as their main ingredients. Zoomed also uses greens like mustard, collard, dandelion, kale, and spirulina in their pellets unlike rep-cal which are great additions to any beardie diet. When I use zoomed pellets I just take a handful and run it under the faucet in my hand, and that is the extent of soaking they get.
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how much are the Zoo-med pellets? do they come in bulk?
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Bennett

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I haven't found it in bulk, but I order 3 20oz bottles at reptile direct for 14.05 I believe. If you soak in water this would not be the best choice as it turns to mush, but if you lightly moisten them and put on salads it is fine. It also does not come in all the pretty colors as rep-cal but I just like what's in it as it's stuff I would feed to them anyway, and they seem to really enjoy them.
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I couldn't get my guy to eat ANY pellets at all. We just stuck to crix and Superworms. Now my Crayfish eats the Beardie Pellets (he loves them)and he is a really pretty pink and blue. I don't like the idea of "man-made" foods for such an exotic animal.
Just my thoughts though.

If you are looking for a pellet that was designed to replace live food I would go with rep-cal. Rep-cal pellets were formulated by a veterinarian whos lifes work has been reptile nutrition for many years. As far as I know it is the only pellet product that has had alot of though put into the formulation to balance the macro and micro nutrients to create a food designed to replace crix all together. If your dragon does not go for pellets, are if you want added security that it is getting all the nutrients it needs, try the t-rex BD veggie growth formula. It is a powdered complete food that you liberally dust onto the dragons veggies.
good luck
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Bill DiFabio
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