Bearded dragon viv

[Durhamchance]

Originally Posted by custardkid

can my beardie live on millipedes as he dont eat crickets

If he wont eat crickets, you could try locusts. I've not heard of feeding a beardie on millapeeds.

[chats]

Do you mean meal worms? My beardies were bad on crickets up until about a fortnight ago when they became very disinterested so i've switched to meal worms. Although it is important to vary they're diet locusts/crickets/meal worms/wax worms/veg and when you can find them they LOVE a daddy long legs!!!

[Durhamchance]

[quote=chats;1661247]Do you mean meal worms? My beardies were bad on crickets up until about a fortnight ago when they became very disinterested so i've switched to meal worms. Although it is important to vary they're diet locusts/crickets/meal worms/wax worms/veg and when you can find them they LOVE a daddy long legs!!![/quote]

Really?! cool, I cant stand daddy long legs, so next time one comes in the house, Spike can rescue me from it lol!!

Beardies shouldn't be fed on mealworms alone either. They contain chitin which can cause impaction if too much is consumed.

[chats]

It's brilliant. My pair used to clean up all of the horrible daddy long legs I could find at the end of last summer. They chase them like mad and even jump to catch them. Absolutely my beardies don't just eat mealworms, we give them locusts and the OCCASIONAL pinky too (although it still disturbs me watching them eat newborn mice)

[Durhamchance]

Originally Posted by chats

It's brilliant. My pair used to clean up all of the horrible daddy long legs I could find at the end of last summer. They chase them like mad and even jump to catch them. Absolutely my beardies don't just eat mealworms, we give them locusts and the OCCASIONAL pinky too (although it still disturbs me watching them eat newborn mice)

mine wont eat pinkies. He turns his nose up! He's mainly on locusts, but has started to enjoy the odd wax worm as a treat.

[chats]

Mine would eat locusts all day long but they're just so expensive and you get so few in a pack. Plus when I feed mine locusts they pretty much turn their noses up at EVERYTHING else. Mine were pretty unsure about pinkies the first time one i'd dusted it in calcium (a DISGUSTING job!) and dangled it in front of their lips using tweezers they seemed to get the idea. I only give them those every 3/4 weeks though - its a real treat.

[bananaman]

while on the subject of crickets i put a load into my beardies viv yesterday and he ate loads but today he is just hunting them out and killing them lol is that cos ive over fed him and also wen the crickets make noise his beard goes completly black wat does that mean

[chats]

Lol! Sounds to me like your beardie is in a bad mood! Maybe he'll clear up his mess later on.

[bananaman]

oh rite shall i just let him get on with it then perhaps he has taken a leaf out of my wifes book rofl but if he is in this mood i usually get him out for 10 mins of an evening i take it i should not do that today

[chats]

Oh no i wouldn't worry about getting him out, he might just be cheesed off with the crickets. My beardies get annoyed by just about anything. They bob went the viv door is closed, they bob to get back in, they bob at crickets and they bob when fall off the branch and onto the sand Get him out and give him a good stroke before you let him loose (if thats what you normally do) i'm no expert but thats what i'd do. And if he bobs at you - show him who's boss and give that puffed out chin a good rub!