How Do You Feed A Bearded Dragon?
If you just purchased a bearded dragon or think you want one as a pet, you must know the complexities of feeding this reptile. Bearded dragons are omnivores, with a diet of roughly 80 percent meat and 20 percent vegetables and fruit. This means you must handle lots of feeder insects. Read the following steps to know what, when and how much to feed your bearded dragon. Start a hatchling bearded dragon on mostly small insects. A good choice is two-week-old feeder crickets (3/8 inch) two to three times a day. Keep the amount down to what your hatchling eats in one feeding. Introduce greens and slightly larger crickets to juvenile dragons (two to four months old.) Feed juveniles three-week-old crickets, small mealworms and finely chopped vegetables two to three times a day. Feed dragons four months old to adulthood four-week-old crickets, small mealworms and finely chopped vegetables once or twice daily. Begin feeding mature dragons adult feeder crickets, king mealworms, earthworms or cock
