Sorry what and how much should I fed him
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7 month beardie feeding
reptaguy
May 21, 2004 09:30 PM
Replies (6)
cillie
May 21, 2004 10:13 PM
feed him as much food he can eat. like, lettuce (not iceberg) bock choy, carrots, zuccini, prepared beardie foods, ect. in the morning and things like crickets, mealies, waxworms, silk worms, and roaches in the afternoon.
reptaguy
May 21, 2004 10:14 PM
cillie what do you have
cillie
May 21, 2004 10:26 PM
a beardie
kephy
May 21, 2004 11:11 PM
Go to google and do a search on "beardie caresheets." Do plenty of research.
The best staple insects are crickets, silkworms, and roaches. Hand raised. Waxworms are fatty, and mealworms have hard to digest outer shells, these are okay for treats but not too often. DO NOT feed wild insects you catch outside or in your house, they may carry parasites or insecticides.
Frankly, the foods mentioned in another post..... lettuce, carrots, zuccini.... are not good staple foods for a beardie salad. Lettuce and carrots are high in oxalates, and zuccini is high in phosphorus. Oxalates and phosphorus in high amounts can bind calcium. They aren't dangerous in small amounts, but for daily feeding you want things like collard/mustard/turnip greens, endive, escarole, squash... far more nutricious. Go to http://www.beautifuldragons.com/ and go to the Nutrition Content link to see a good list of foods and how often to feed them. Anytime you question something you are about to feed check that list and see how good it is.
You also need to get some calcium and vitamin suppliments to add to the food.
Just do a lot of research, you have a big resposibility ahead of you caring for an exotic pet. Here are a few caresheets to get you started, but please don't stop there.
www.beautifuldragons.com/
dekeaffexotics.com/bearded_dragon_care.htm
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reptaguy
May 22, 2004 09:09 AM
Kephy,I have reseaerched bearded dragons for a year before buying.I was judt backing up my answer on the amount of feeding
kephy
May 22, 2004 09:35 AM
That's very good to know, too often people don't do their research. I couldn't tell by your original post if you were new to this or not. Gotta cover all the bases just in case. 
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2.0 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)
