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I know Iguana's can't process protein, and that feeding it to them will cause kidney problems. However, a local pet shop employee told me today that feeding BD's a lot of meal worms, crickets, super worms, etc. . . also causes kidney problems.

Because BD’s are omnivorous, I was surprised to hear him say this. . . and don’t know whether I totally believe him (my vet has never mentioned it). Can anyone out there provide input.

The reason it came up in the first place is because my BD has been eating a LOT more worms/crik’s than greens & veggies. He’s offered greens and veggies but just likes the worms more. . . to the point where he’d ALMOST rather go hungry, and wait for worms, than eat the greens.

So what do you all think about this?

hi
yep you r right.
to much life prey items can be bad .
first year they wil eat more protein because they need to grow.
and if beardie is adult then give him more greens.
so one day only greens and the other day some prey items is enough.
btw if youre store telling that to you i think they give good info
byeeee

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it's actually the liver and too much protien is thought to lead to fatty liver disease. The diet I feed now is mostly protien until 4-6 months and then I make sure they get greens as their first meal until a year. after that it's protien no more than twice a week.
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