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Post by spike on Nov 9, 2004 3:01:59 GMT -5
she said to give them only about 10% of their diet (dog food) i gave to them this morning and they havent seemed that interested in it...
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Post by ClementeDragons on Nov 9, 2004 9:04:45 GMT -5
Well it usually takes dragons a little while before they will start eating a new food. Try holding a piece of dog food in you hand then put it up to you dragons mouth. Your dragon should lick it, so now he/she knows what it tastes like.
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Post by spike on Nov 11, 2004 0:21:01 GMT -5
i put there food in thier enclosure the other yesterday morning. They have eaten almost half of it. The female seems full and the male never usually eats a lot... they didnt seem to dislike it ;D
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Post by ClementeDragons on Nov 11, 2004 10:32:35 GMT -5
How old were your dragons?
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matt
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Have you hugged your reptile today?
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Post by matt on Nov 11, 2004 16:49:53 GMT -5
Hi, I have never fed any of my BD (10) any type of dog food or pellets, I have found with gut loaded crickets and greens and vegs is plenty of protein and calcium. They get greens and vegs every day and crickets every other day. As far as dog food, I wouldn't feed it, true it can be high in protein, but insects fed to BDs supply plenty of protein.
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Post by spike on Nov 12, 2004 0:28:02 GMT -5
How old were your dragons? my beardies would almost be 2 years old |
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Post by ClementeDragons on Nov 12, 2004 9:21:58 GMT -5
my beardies would almost be 2 years old Females tend to eat more than the males usually, But if your dragons are being housed together she might be gravid. |
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Post by ClementeDragons on Nov 12, 2004 9:27:42 GMT -5
One more thing, do you brumate your dragons because this is the time of year that most adults go in to brumation. When they go into brumation slow down there eating, is your male sleeping longer?
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Post by spike on Nov 13, 2004 2:34:02 GMT -5
He hasnt stopped eating or sleeping longer...
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Post by ClementeDragons on Nov 13, 2004 9:38:25 GMT -5
Is the female bigger than him? In many cases the females just tend to eat more.
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Post by spike on Nov 14, 2004 2:00:01 GMT -5
The female is a few cms bigger than him.. it would be about 35cm(male)-38cm(female).
Its not just the length but thier heads and bodies seem to be a lot smaller than all the other adult beardies i have seen
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Post by ClementeDragons on Nov 14, 2004 10:04:16 GMT -5
Well it sounds like your female just likes to eat allot. All of my adult females jump for the food when the males just wait for it to come to them or walk slowly over to it.
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Post by spike on Nov 15, 2004 4:20:03 GMT -5
today was the first time in about 1 month that i saw my male actually eat from the food dish. He pieces of carrot whenever i put them in front of him. He must eat because he passes bowel movements every other day and doesnt look skinny. My female on the other hand looks a bit fat but not unhealthy. She is the laziest of two and usually lays inside the fake stump i bought them. Well my male just finished shedding a massive chunk off his back which is probably why he wasnt eating on his own or something, but he hasnt been shedding for the last month... anyway thanks for listening... or reading ;D  |
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Post by beardeddragon14 on Nov 28, 2004 17:18:02 GMT -5
I have a question. What powder do you reccomend, and do you think I should powder my lettuce. Finally, when should I stop powdering me crickets and lettuce?
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Post by spike on Nov 29, 2004 3:53:29 GMT -5
1. Never feed you beardie lettuce - it contains no nutritional value and usually will give your beardie 'the runs'
2. You supplement their food with calcium and vit.D3 (rep cal) every second serving as juvenilles and adults. you should also supplement thir food with herpitive (rep cal) once every week
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