Too much food?

[Muham816]

I was just curious if there was such a thing as overfeeding beardies? Do they always stop eating when they are full or will they gorge themselves if given the opportunity?

 

[Sadie]

I was just curious if there was such a thing as overfeeding beardies? Do they always stop eating when they are full or will they gorge themselves if given the opportunity?

They will over eat -- some do some dont-- keep track of the dragons weight on a kitchen food scale --weigh in grams - I took mine to the vet and she said Hiccup was over weight and needed to lose about 40 grams - he was 540 at the time - how long is he? - a good weight is 300 + grams so go from there -- I have seen some really chunky dragons

 

[Muham816]

They will over eat -- some do some dont-- keep track of the dragons weight on a kitchen food scale --weigh in grams - I took mine to the vet and she said Hiccup was over weight and needed to lose about 40 grams - he was 540 at the time - how long is he? - a good weight is 300 + grams so go from there -- I have seen some really chunky dragons

She’s about a foot long and just turned 5 months. But it seems she’s constantly hungry, she’ll eat at least 40 dubia in a sitting plus her daily salad. Any time I come close to her enclosure she runs along the front of it looking for food. I didn’t know if this was normal behavior or not. She’s fairly thin for her length as well.

 

[Sadie]

She’s about a foot long and just turned 5 months. But it seems she’s constantly hungry, she’ll eat at least 40 dubia in a sitting plus her daily salad. Any time I come close to her enclosure she runs along the front of it looking for food. I didn’t know if this was normal behavior or not. She’s fairly thin for her length as well.

How big are the roaches your feeding ? If they are too small she will eat more of them? Dubias are filling -- please post a pic of her w/ one of the roaches your feeding -- offer her more salads and if she eats them thats good -- shes a baby and is still growing -- we dont want to stunt her growth by not feeding her enough -- the size of the dubias please so I can see

 

[Muham816]

How big are the roaches your feeding ? If they are too small she will eat more of them? Dubias are filling -- please post a pic of her w/ one of the roaches your feeding -- offer her more salads and if she eats them thats good -- shes a baby and is still growing -- we dont want to stunt her growth by not feeding her enough -- the size of the dubias please so I can see

 

[Sadie]

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Those are way too small- and she does look under weight- what size is that roach?

 

[Muham816]

Those are way too small- and she does look under weight- what size is that roach?

That one was about a half inch, that is the smallest size I feed her. Some I feed are slightly bigger around 3/4 an inch.

 

[Sadie]

That one was about a half inch, that is the smallest size I feed her. Some I feed are slightly bigger around 3/4 an inch.

I would go w/ 1 inch roaches and feed her as many as she will eat-- I would add some super worms feed every other day as they are a treat worm like 3 of them get large- also some horn worms order small amounts as they grow really fast-- they are a hydrating worm feed 1-2 everyday -- you can get them from here www.dubiaroaches.com

 

[Muham816]

I would go w/ 1 inch roaches and feed her as many as she will eat-- I would add some super worms feed every other day as they are a treat worm like 3 of them get large- also some horn worms order small amounts as they grow really fast-- they are a hydrating worm feed 1-2 everyday -- you can get them from here www.dubiaroaches.com

I do the super worms a few times a week, also I sprinkle her salads with bsfl. I’ll pick up some horn worms for her, she hasn’t had any of those yet.

 

[Sadie]

I do the super worms a few times a week, also I sprinkle her salads with bsfl. I’ll pick up some horn worms for her, she hasn’t had any of those yet.

They are expensive at the petstore- this website is really good-- you can get hornworms from them 12 for $5 petstores 4 for $10 ridiculous

 

[Sadie]

They are expensive at the petstore- this website is really good-- you can get hornworms from them 12 for $5 petstores 4 for $10 ridiculous

Please check out the prices and save yourself some money

 

[Muham816]

They are expensive at the petstore- this website is really good-- you can get hornworms from them 12 for $5 petstores 4 for $10 ridiculous

I know! It’s ridiculous how much they charge for feeders, I want to start breeding a little bit of a variety for her to eat. I’m going to go order some of those horn worms now thank you!