Bearded Dragon Update #2 - Cricket Keeping and Feeding

[jerumd]

I simply feed my Crickets vegetable salads called Organics, Orange for moisture, and the main course meal, which is a combination of cat food & dog food :D I Giving em extra vitamin C from Oranges, vitamin A from Veggies, & pure protein with a touch of calcium from these formulated cat & dog foods :D All for the sake of my T. hobby XD LMFAO!!

[TheTbwhite]

yo- ive been looking for something to feed my dragons other than crickets all the time, we can keep buying them cuz we are spending bout 300 bucks a month for both... is egg good for sub? please write back man thanks.

[xlambxofxruinx]

@TheTbwhite no i wouldn't use egg as a substitute for crickets. i would only feed eggs occasionally. and 300 dollars a month seems very expensive. i only have one dragon and i can get him through a month with 250 crickets or less. and that only cost me about $25 a month. i get mine online from premiumcrickets. good site. 300 dollars is outrageous

[TheTbwhite]

@xlambxofxruinx k i did the math wrong lol cant believe how stupid that was... but im really spending like 150. so bout that much- what would you use to replace crickets.

[xlambxofxruinx]

@TheTbwhite i don't think there is a good sub for crickets. roaches are more expensive. i would just cut back their diets really cause mine does fine with $25 a month. it worries me how much people feed their dragons. they have longer life expectancies in the wild and they don't get nearly as much food there as they do in captivity. reptiles are designed in a way that they don't have to eat all the time. i think overfeeding is the main cause of death for them.

[Eomerrocks13]

And I have hair like you!!

[Eomerrocks13]

PLEASE REPLY I NEED HELP!!!!!!! My beared dragon was eating about 100 cickets a day and really active. Now he eats about 10 and stays on one side of the tank near this tree thing. I give him a bath ever 5 days( I know I'm suppose to do it every 2-3 days but I forget) and he hasn't shed in about 2-3months He's shed about 10x in his life. He is about 16 months old and 19 In. long. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[xlambxofxruinx]

@Eomerrocks13 that actually sounds about right. mine was the same way at that age and length and he still is a little bit. teenage angst you know. but go back to your old routine if it works. if it doesn't than he's just going through a phase. mine has gone through many different phases and i'm still learning about him. don't fret though. dragons are tough just do what works for your dragon.

[Eomerrocks13]

@xlambxofxruinx Thx alot and how big and old is jacob now?

[xlambxofxruinx]

@Eomerrocks13 he is 14 months now

[BranFlakes7st]

Yo my beardies head is a dif couler than his body is that normall?

[xlambxofxruinx]

@BranFlakes7st i imagine it's just his normal pattern. they change to weird colors as they age. you should see some of the 7 year old dragons, it's strange. what you may be seeing is him getting ready to shed. he doesn't shed all of his skin at the same time most of the time

[Schecter311]

lolz 7: 14..."Fight"...I'm pretty sure Jacob got a fatality on the crickets