Just a questions really that I was hopeing some one would know the answer.

If we feed our BDs live food and greens that they would have in the wild and that are gut loaded ect and we dust them with calcium in the week and nutrbol at weeks, where do they get this from in the Wild?

J & Scooby

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Scooby the 4 month old BD sleeps in the funniest postions and eats all the time

In the wild the soil is naturally rich in calcium so as the plants grow they take it in.

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And also, Bearded dragons don't live half as long in the wild than they do in captivity.

Curty.

ok great thanks for the poniters its jsut always nice to know these things sorry if they sound or seem like silly questions but makes sence to me now.

Ill have to import some Aus soil and grow some plants lol

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Scooby the 4 month old BD sleeps in the funniest postions and eats all the time

Also, commercially available insects and the kind of greens we can provide are not a patch on those available to wild animals.

In the wild variety is the key to a full complement of vitamins and minerals.

Even the best homebred crickets/locusts/roaches etc gutloaded well etc just isnt the same as variety so we suppliment to hedge our bets

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http://www.durrellwildlife.org/
G. colubrinus - Kenyan Sand Boa (Norbert),
P. guttatus - Cornsnake (Stanley!),
P. vitticeps - Crawley x Psycho O.G.G/Blood/Sandfire Bearded Dragon (Rhubarb),
P. paradoxa - Ghost Mantid (Loki),
H. membranacea - Giant Asian Mantid (Thor),
E. tiaratum - Macleay's Spectres,
Asceles sp. - Thai Phasmid,
10Gal aquarium;
Y. sidthimunki - Pygmy Botias,
D. choprai - Glowlight Danios,
N. denticulata - Cherry Shrimps,
30Gal aquarium;
T. nigroviridis - Green Spotted Puffer (Edgar),
30gal aquarium;
C. trilineatus - Trilined Corys,
P. axelrodi - Cardinal Tetras,

What i do is when i grow plants outside to feed my tortoises. i sprinkel limestone flour in the soil. This way the plants will take in the calcium as they grow.

I sell it on ebay eBay.co.uk Shop - Shelled Warriors: Limestone flour: Limestone flour 500g, calcium carbonate tortoise, snail

This can also be sprinkled on food, this is only calcium carbonate

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nice as im not mich of a green fingers i might try some off them and good plug like it lol.

so if this is the case then how come they dont live as long?

No preditors and a constaint supply of food from us stupid owners?

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Scooby the 4 month old BD sleeps in the funniest postions and eats all the time