Meal worms

[blade_hog]

Are they OK for a bearded Dragon ?

[Tara&Liam]

yup if they go off there greens you can also put in a few mealworms to get them back on it aswell

[lycanlord20]

actually most bearded dragon breeders would advise against meal worms as there is far too much chittin in there shells and therefore are hard to digest. And may not b digested at all thus being a very empty meal, use morio worms instead

[blade_hog]

I give him wax worm must of the time, but my mum got his food and got meal worms instead.

[lycanlord20]

personally id chuck them there no good really, do you mean you feed waxies as a staple? because you realy shouldnt do that they are pure fat.

[Pleco07]

Mealies are ok for BD's but morios are better less chitin (sp?). Waxies shud be fed sparingly because they are high in fat.

[gopher]

yeh mealies are ok occasionally, as are waxworms. i give my BD mealies and waxies as a treat and use crickets as a staple (aswel as veggies)

[lycanlord20]

well like i said personally I would never give mealies to my dragons there virtually no nutrition to them and they dont always get fully digested so whats the point?

[blade_hog]

Main food is locus and wax worms guess wax worms are off the list now, did think he was a bit fat.
He picky about veg and things i think it got something to do with it not moving.
did also try a frozen pinkie the other day and he just looked at it, I'm thinking he likes food on the move ?

[Tara&Liam]

well like i said if they will only eat food on the move put a few mealies in the veg and it will look to the beardie like the veg is movin a bit (it works)