My son tells me that daddy long legs are extremely venemous (to insects at least) and our bearded dragon just ate one. My son is very upset. Will this harm the dragon?
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Dragon ate a spider
sharond
Jul 24, 2003 04:16 PM
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veronicag
Jul 24, 2003 06:36 PM
I saw a documentary on wild Bearded Dragons once, and a beardie ate a live poisonous scorpion. It was the coolest thing I ever saw. In the wild they eat a wide variety of insects, both poisonous and not.
I have also heard that daddy long legs are poisonous, however, their bite isn't harmful to anything larger than small insects because their mouth is extremely small. That's why they don't bite us. However, there is still a very small amount of poison inside the spider. I would just keep an eye on him for 24 to 48 hours after the spider was eaten. He should be fine though.
Veronica
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Lindsay78
Jul 24, 2003 07:42 PM
It's not true about daddy long legs being poisionous ...Your beardie will be just fine 
UCR Education, Daddy Long Legs
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