Feeding Beardies

[brad12212]

I have 2 bearded dragons and two pygmys. 1 byrdy is about 20cms and i feed it roaches.
However my 7cm little beardie doesnt seem 2 lyk the roaches that much, but he loved tiny mealworms. I was wondering if it was alright 2 feed them mealworms.

 

[Armand]

umm DO NOT FEED IT MEALWORMS AT THAT YOUNG AGE!!!!!!! mealworks have been known to eat their way out of yong dragons feed them crickets and roaches..

 

[hornet]

if you feed the tiny lil mealies it should be fine but you need alot of them to make a meal. stick 2 roaches and crickets

 

[Armand]

ok i guess tiny ones should be fine.. yeh my dragon love roaches and crickets but when they are juvies they eat only 10 percent vegies... so check that ur givin it more live than vegies... other than that i dont know what to do..
gd luck

 

[hornet]

does it eat any roaches at all?

 

[Armand]

yeh my dragon loves roaches but i only started feeding them about 4 days ago so i dont know about young ones...

 

[koubee]

mini mealies are fine, my little one that didn't grow, alls he ate for a while was mealies too

 

[Cristina]

mealiea and crix are fine..they usually just stick w/ the protien w/ young then move on to the veggies and fruits when older

 

[Splitmore]

umm DO NOT FEED IT MEALWORMS AT THAT YOUNG AGE!!!!!!! mealworks have been known to eat their way out of yong dragons feed them crickets and roaches..

Thats a bit of a myth, it's never actually happened so it's fine to feed any lizard mealworms

 

[Kirby]

mealworms in general are a horrible feeder, high fat high phosphorus and little nutrition they also have a hard chiten shell the is known to cause impaction.. they CANNOT eat out of a dragons stomache..

mealworms should not be fed to dragons of any age...

and him no teating roaches is either..
1) he does not like them
or 2) (most probably) dominance issues, beardies are solitary animals.. and are not ment tobe caged together, unfortunately oudated books preach differently.. he is oviousely strugglign with stress and domination as he is VERY much the smaller of the two.. i suggest seperation, and you will see him change..