List of Edible and Non-Edible Things for Your Beardie

[Mel]

wow thats great to know tha tlocusts are better than crickets because george decided he didn't want to eat crickets anymore but loved locusts. i tried to get him back on the crickets recently but i think i'll stick to the locusts because they dont bite (me) and are less horendous to lose in my room (because they dont run off n hide instantly)

thanksss

[hoodie17]

Ive heard from another BD owner a mealworms head doesn't  die and they have been found still alive in dead beardies.

[Kali]

I'd be carefull with that. I have been warned by my vet and reptile collegues (i work in a zoo), that sometimes a worm can survive just long enough to bite the insides. True, only when not chewed before. I don't take the chance. I cut the head off or crush it with my tweezers before feeding a worm that can bite, on the off chance that my beardies would swallow one whole.

[Kali]

sorry still not taking the chance. My vet says he *did* see it twice. True, he has been working with reptiles about 30 years now, so twice really isn't much, but his description of how the animal bled out wasn't nice. The wounds are not big, but deep enough not to heal by themselves.
I understand why you don't believe it to be possible, as it apparently happens rarely, and in normal circumstances the worms are chewed anyway. But as my vet has a lot of experience and a really good name in reptile care, I have to believe him.

[powers]

Pinkies are fatty, hard to digest, and could carry parasites. There's no good reason to feed them to a dragon. Insects and greens are the best diet to keep a dragon healthy.

I kind of disagree. I keep a few frozen pinkies around for times when my BD is being picky about what it wants to eat. After a few days of it under eating I just thaw out a pinky and give it to him, and then the extra calorie are a plus. And there's no worries about parasites because its frozen.

[BAMitsJAM]

why shouldnt u feed them meal worms i go to the pet shop and pay £02;50 and i got a new pot like a few days ago

[BAMitsJAM]

 ;Dkk ill go give them 2 my mate for his birds ty for edvice