I just recently bought a jouvenille bearded dragon on boxing day, i did lots of reasearch, spent triple the money for the supplies for his habbitat than i spent on him, and i would like to know how many crickets should i be feeding him per day, and i'm also trying to breed crickets and does anyone know how to know if your crickets are breeding or not?, someone help!
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kyle_rex
Jan 13, 2004 03:15 PM
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NorwegianDragon
Jan 13, 2004 03:27 PM
This depends on his age. If it's a juvenile (up to about 10-11 months, you could feed him twice a day, as many crickets as he wants. Just remember to use calcium supplement on the crickets on one of these feedings. Oh, and the crickets should never be larger than the space between the beardies' eyes. Too large prey could kill him...
About the breeding of crickets: I would just save myself the trouble and order crickets online. It's a lot easier, and really not that expensive. You can order for instance 300 crickets a week.
kyle_rex
Jan 13, 2004 05:38 PM
I have one other main concern, i have a timer set to his lights, they turn on at 9:00a.m, and turn off at 9:00p.m, but he allways goes under his little rock to sleep at like 8:00-8:30, sometimes even 7:30. Should i adjust the timer or is that normal or could something be wrong with him thats causing this?
Christyj
Jan 14, 2004 12:26 AM
Some people adjust lighting for winter hours by shortening to 10 hrs on and 14 off, I keep mine 14 hrs on, 10 off yr round. If your dragon is sleeping and undisturbed by the light, he's fine.
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