Juvenile and superworms

[Denise Keith]

Hello!! The only thing I can get my young beardie to eat is superworms, is this ok??? I have bought Dubia roaches, soldier fly, and crickets. She will not touch the other insects. She also gets her salads daily. But is it ok that I do the supers as my staple?? With her being young???

 

[KrissyLeigh]

How old is she? Supers are not the best staple.

 

[Denise Keith]

How old is she? Supers are not the best staple.

5 months

 

[BeardedHippy]

Its good that she eats her veggies, but supers are very fatty, not the best staple for a youngster. But they do like them, so much so that they may hold out for them over other insects. I would try with the dubias again, get small easy to eat ones, you will need to be a bit cruel to be kind and let your dragon get a bit hungry then offer the dubias. You can try putting some in with her veggies, make sure the bowl is escape proof. Try to get the supers down to once or twice a week if you can.She will probably get into the dubias eventually, they wont starve themselves for long

 

[PatsyB]

I agree with the others. We are always learning more and more about them every day and we are learning that supers as a main food is not as good as we once thought. Supers have a high fat content and we are finding that more and more dragons that have been fed a mainly super diet (mine included) are obese. Cut back on the supers and offer other things like dubia and silk worms or BSFL. Eventually he will eat the others when he realizes he has no choice.