Crickets breed and lay eggs fairly fast, so after awhile I stopped checking for eggs, because you can basically guarantee that if there is dirt in the cage, then there will be eggs after a couple days. To make sure you get lots of eggs out of your small colony you should try leaving the container in the cage for about 5 days since it takes a week or two for eggs to hatch.<br><br> If you are using a clear container, or the adults are burrowing(digging up eggs in the process), then you might be able to see some eggs.<br>Cricket eggs are oblong and white.<br><br> I would not recommend giving mealworms to a baby dragon. As an adult, mealworms can make an okay occasional treat. Mealworms are not a good staple, because they are high in chitin, which makes them very hard to digest, and they are not very nutritious. 3-4 crickets a day does not sound like nearly enough if they are the appropriate size for him. As I've said before, they should not be bigger than the width between his two eyes(let's say 3/8's of an inch or less). He should be eating more like 20-50 a day at his age. Try offering them 3-4 times a day. If he's not eating crickets, then it could be that he's just picky, so you might have to consider ordering alternative. Small dubia roaches, or small silkworms are 2 very good alternatives. Pheonix worms are another alternative, but I don't know if they'd be very safe to give to a baby as a staple.
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Okay, I'll wait a few more days and then take the dirt out. I'll check for eggs =]<br><br>Alrighty, well, it's the only thing he seems to want to eat >.< I'm only giving him tiny baby ones. But the crickets I give him are pretty small, usually a bit smaller than between his eyes. The store I go to doesn't have the roaches or silkworms. Or the pheonix worms either, actually. They only have superworms, mealworms, crickets and wax worms. I might have to just try and order some online then.<br><br>Thanks =]
I'd still not feed mealworms often, regardless of size. Baby dragons can easily get impacted.
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Alrighty, I'll use the mealworms as a once in a while thing. Now that I bought a pack of 100 and 137 came in the package, plus I already had a few larger ones from a mealworm/beetle farm I got as a present like two years ago. Those things live forever. And apparently they breed under any conditions o.O Do you think he should be alright? I only have them to him for two days. He loved them.<br><br>
If he poops and you see the mealworm parts in his poo, then there is a good chance he was able to pass them. If he doesn't pass the hard exoskeleton of the worms, then I'd start soaking him in warm water everyday, and keep an eye on him. If he becomes lethargic, refuses to eat, experiences paralysis, develops twitching, or labors to breath, then you need to get him to a reptile vet ASAP.
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Alrighty, next time he goes, I'll check it. He did go today, but I took it out and threw it away =\ I think just to be safe, I'll start soaking him every day instead of every few days. I think he SHOULD be fine because, at a Petco I go to, they give their Bearded Dragons mealworms every day and I don't think they get sick. They might just be used to it, but that isn't where I got him so I'm going to be careful<br><br>Our Petco also gave us a card for a great local reptile vet, so we have that as backup.
Soak him for 2-3 days in a row unless he's pooing regularly. <br>Big chain pet stores are notorious for having unhealthy animals, some of which die before or after being sold. Since the animals are only expected to live there for a short time they use cheap products and food on them. You also have to remember that whenever an animal gets ill at a store like Petco they are removed from public view, and treated in a private room that is only accessible to employees. This is done to prevent people from buying ill animals, and to prevent them from having a bad image.<br><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Never</span> trust what a pet store employee tells you, regardless of how polite and knowledgeable they seem. <span style="font-weight:bold">Always</span> do your own research at home to double check what they have told you.<br><br>
Also, some food items may not be easily digestible, particularly, feeder insects with hard chitin shells, such as large crickets, mealworms, or superworms. Feeding insects such as these to your bearded dragon (especially those who are not yet adults) puts them at an increased risk of developing an impaction.
<span style="font-weight:bold">Superworms</span><br><br>Super worms can be fed as a treat to fully grown dragons. They should never be fed to young dragons. Super worms have a very hard and thick shell that has a history of causing impaction in dragons when fed to young animals or in large amounts. Super worms are also very fatty. You should think of them like candy bars and feed appropriately. <br><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Mealworms</span><br><br>Mealworms should never be fed to dragons. They have the same nutritional content as Super worms but carry a much higher risk of impaction due to their small meat to shell ratio.
<br> <br> Now, the last quote says to never feed them to any dragon, and I actually agree with this(I think it's been 10 years since I've bought mealworms), but if your dragon is healthy, mature(an adult), and kept at appropriate temperatures, then they most likely can be fed as a rare treat without problem. As recommended under the Superworm portion, think of them as candy bars.
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He's growing like a weed!!Have you tried to determine gender again? <br><br>Be careful about the sweet potatoes. You don't want to give him too much, or have it so that he's only eating them. If he's getting that picky try switching him to squash instead. It's healthier, and can be used as a staple. Try different types, or mixed greens as well to keep him interested. My female will eat just about anything I put in front on her, but my male is picky. He'll gobble up mustard greens(which I have trouble finding here), but the only way I get him to eat collard greens is if I mix treats in with them to tempt him.<br><br>It's hard to get baby crickets to survive in the beginning. Be very careful about the humidity. Too much or too little humidity at that stage wipes them out fast.
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He is growing like a weed! xD I did try and figure out the gender, and now it looks like a female to me, haha. I don't see any bumps on the tail at all. <br><br>As for the sweet potatoes, I don't put them in all the time =] Any type of squash is alright, correct? The site you showed me a while ago says any is alright. I still use that site all the time. =P I'd most likely be getting summer squash around here all year. I do give mixed greens. We actually have alot available around here. Collard, mustard, dandelion, turnip, kale (which I only feed sometimes). I usually get a variety of those and it costs like 11 cents haha. I can't buy alot at once because they go bad really fast. <br><br>Yeah, I think it was too humid in there. Are you supposed to keep spraying them after they hatch?
Summer squash is fine. That's what I give mine. I tried kale the other week, because my mother was using it in some lentil soup, but neither of my dragons liked it. Did your dragon like it? I always try to get a bag of mixed greens, but for some reason the grocery store only has them every once in awhile. They always have collard though. <br><br>Yeah, I wouldn't recommend spraying once they are hatched. Just give them a water source like a damp paper towel to keep them hydrated. Let me know how that works out for you.
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Hm, I'm not sure about the kale. I've never actually given him any of them seperately. They are always a mixture. I guess I should try seperately to see if he likes one over the other and maybe it'll start him on eating them every day. We have the bags of mixed greens here, but they are huuuuge. <br><br>That must have been what was wrong then! I continued spraying them after they hatched. One I noticed them hatching, I put a few pieces of bread in and a wet paper towel. Most of them stayed inside the container that they hatched in.
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