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Ledroc567
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 Food help

Can you feed spring mix(lettuce removed),collard greens,kale, mustard greens and spagetti squash for salad.crickets and mealworms for protein.Plus rep-cal juv and Rage’n Reptiles Juv berdied dragon food pelleted diet for food every day to my 7 month old beardie
08/15/08  09:39pm

 #1832355


Nina2008
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   Message To: Ledroc567   In reference to Message Id: 1832344


 Food help

Im not sure if you are looking for an answer.... but all sounds good. Beautiful daragons.com has a GREAT list of different food choices. :) I find it helpful for me.

Nina
08/15/08  09:50pm

 #1832438


Newfgal
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   Message To: Ledroc567   In reference to Message Id: 1832344


 Food help

I agree, beautiful dragons has a great list for greens and insects, but never feed meals, they have a very hard chitin shell which beardies cannot digest, and may impact them...try crickets, silks, and lobster roaches as a staple food, and some occasional supers...

Nancy.
08/15/08  10:55pm

 #1833079


Ledroc567
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   Message To: Newfgal   In reference to Message Id: 1832438


 Food help

I read on beautiful dragon.com that waxworms are better than mealies and supers?
08/16/08  06:01pm

 #1833107


Newfgal
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   Message To: Ledroc567   In reference to Message Id: 1833079


 Food help

Wax worms should be a rare treat, they are to high in fat, and if you feed those to often, your beardies could end up with fatty liver disease, meals like i said, never, and supers are only to be fed to a dragon thats at least 6 months of age, depending on the size of the beardie, but do not make those a staple...

Nancy.
08/16/08  06:15pm

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Tarkah
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   Message To: Newfgal   In reference to Message Id: 1833107


 Food help

sorry to hijack but would it be okay to feed half a white just molted super to a 4 month old?



08/16/08  07:54pm

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Newfgal
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   Message To: Tarkah   In reference to Message Id: 1833203


 Food help

Yes, the freshly molted ones are ok, as long as they are not adult supers, that would be a little big for a 4 month old...

Nancy.
08/16/08  08:05pm


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