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I have two new adult bearded dragons and had a couple of basic questions. I've found lots of information on baby dragons, but not so much on adults.

1) About how many crickets do adults eat in one feeding?

2) How many worms (superworms) do they eat in one feeding?

3) Is it possible to overfeed a dragon or do I just give them as much as they want? I'm assuming I free-feed their salad - is this correct?

4) These two dragons look kind of skinny to me compared to other adult dragons I have seen. Should I be doing something to fatten them up?

Thanks for any help!

- Jackie
 
jdg said:
I have two new adult bearded dragons and had a couple of basic questions. I've found lots of information on baby dragons, but not so much on adults.

1) About how many crickets do adults eat in one feeding?
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I put in as many as they will eat. If they eat them all in a couple min I add a few more. Once they start ignoring them you've given them enough. Just let the straglers run around so they can eat them as snacks later on.

jdg said:
2) How many worms (superworms) do they eat in one feeding?
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I feed supers as snack about 2-3 times a week. I just a dozen or so to the salad every morning.

jdg said:
3) Is it possible to overfeed a dragon or do I just give them as much as they want? I'm assuming I free-feed their salad - is this correct?
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My guys pretty much stop when they are full. And yes, free feeding the salad is the right thing to do.

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4) These two dragons look kind of skinny to me compared to other adult dragons I have seen. Should I be doing something to fatten them up?
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You can try giving them wax worms every few days as a snack or even give them a pinkie every couple weeks or so. Both are high in fat and will help beef them up a little.
 
Thanks for the answer.

Each of the two dragons tonight ate between 75 and 100 med/large crickets. Is this normal for an adult dragon? I don't mind at all to feed them all they want to eat, but need to rethink my purchasing if this is normal for them. At 10 cents/cricket locally, I'd likely be better off mail ordering if they always eat like this!
 
They are eating machines ain't they??? :hehe:

Ordering boxes of 1,000 is usually always a better deal when you are feeding out 100+ crix a day. I know it saves me a fortune.
 
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