juvenile bearded dragon how many and how often do you give crickets

[jefro]

Hi , I have a juvenile bearded dragon, how many crickets do I feed him a day, Jefro

[Scarloc]

A juvie should be 2-3 feedings a day as many as he will eat in 15-20 minutes. Normally this will be from 50-120 crickets a day.

[zebrajanie]

Jefro, how old is he/she ?  Less than a year, up to 100 crix/roaches daily, 2-3 feedings first feeding with CalciumD3 5 days a week.
On the other two days, dust with multivites.
Older than a year, 30-50 crix/roaches weekly, braking up that number day to day for equal amounts.
At all stages offer veggies from BeautifulDragons Nutrition list, daily greens in green,treats-black, not recommended- blue,yellow and red.
Hope this helps,
Janie.

[Scarloc]

I am going to advise to only use a multivitamin one feeding a week as many vitamins easily build up to toxic levels in small creatures like BD's. It was really early this morning and I gave a poor answer.


Full answer

Your prey items length should be smaller then the space between your dragons eyes.

For 1-12 months I do 2-3 feedings a day as much as your BD can eat in a 15 minute session. Do not feed your dragon until 1 hour after the lights have been turned on and no later then 2 hours before they are turned off.

Fresh greens should be available all the time.

6 feedings a week (one each day) Should use a calcium supplement. I use Repcal

1 feeding a week (the other day) use a multivitamin. I use Herpavite

From 12-18 months I do one 15 minute feeding a day

From 18+ 40 prey items a week, greens also.