Hi guys! Don't forget to check the description for more information and useful resources. ALSO, I'm curious. Since beardies can be picky, what are your bearded dragon's favorite foods?
My rescue beardie loves strawberries and Dubia roaches, and my bearded dragon I raised HATES roaches even though he was raised on them and will only eat worms. So he gets silk worms since that’s the only worm that won’t make him obese
Bee pollen is amazing. It is basically the only way mine cares about her greens. Another tip if yours isn't eating is to check your temps with a temp gun. If it isn't hot enough or you don't have the proper 10.0 UVB lighting, they can't properly digest their food and may not eat. Mine went through this and also had parasites, but some meds from the vet fixed her up and she is doing well now. You have to get your bugs from a reliable source so they hopefully won't have parasites.
Yes! Proper temps and UVB are definitely important. I forgot to mention that, but 1000x yes! 😊 Also getting feeders from good sources is another thing I forgot to mention - of course 🤦🏽♀️. I'll put that in the description box now. Thanks! 😊
Improper UVB when they're young will lead to metabolic bone disease too which unfortunately happens to a lot of beardies because people don't know how to properly take care of them.
Scraggy is an adult, and every time I give him a salad with no bugs in it, he looks at me with a very clear "wtf is this?" look. He'll eat about half of it anyway, but this guy just hates his veggies and loves his meat
@@Faliat yeah one of the dragons went to the vet today. She gained weight so they think she might have something going in with 🥚. Reccomendd getting a calcium sandbox in case she wants to dig In life you always have to look out for the creatures, big or small..
I don’t have a bearded dragon but this video was really informative! Maybe I’ll be able to use it in the future when I get a beardie of my own! PS. Thanks for shouting me out!
@@ellesreptiles I don’t have a. Beardie but, I will be one soon end of the mouth but, I do have a snapping turtle but I will get a beardie my father and my mother used to have a lot of reptiles
Bearded dragons are some of the best eaters of all reptile pets. I have never had a real picky eater. They are well known for being great for first time reptile owners. And their appetite is one of the reasons why.
I would recommend crickets from rainbow mealworms, they don’t stink in the slightest, and they live as long as they’re supposed to, they don’t just die right away
This video and all the links you added were super helpful! Thank you for explaining it super clearly. I’m interested in a bearded dragon and was scared at first but the way you explained it was very relieving
I'm gonna be getting my first beardie soon, so me and my dad have been doing as much research as we can to ensure it stays happy and healthy, and this guide was very informative!! ^^
You are absolutely phenomenal. I was up till 430am worried because my humidity was high. Bought a higher wattage basking bulb and so far...its saolbed my problem! Thank you thank you thank you!
I appreciate someone who actually knows what they're talking about with beardies. I agree with everything you said in this video. Thanks for giving vital information to properly take care of them. One of the biggest mistakes people make with beardies when they're young is not providing proper UVB. So many of them end up with metabolic bone disease, it's really sad.
super thorough, concise and informative. I've raised a beardie before, but only one. I want to take much better care of the rescue i got this week and i really appreciate this video. Thank you.
SUCH a helpful video for being on day 3 of having a new bearded dragon. I can't thank you enough for this video! I could NOT believe it: The pet store told me he'd only eat once a day, and maybe 5 crickets at most, cause he's just a little guy. WELL, after seeing this, I quickly went back up to feed him, and he downed 10 of them. TEN! And now I only have 3 left for the rest of the week... guess I'm about to go buy more. *LOL!* Again, thank you so much for all this eye opening info! Leo also has a lot of black lines down his belly / body, but his coloring is also very, very strong, and the "chin" area isn't black, just speckled. I'm unsure if he's stressed or not. Maybe he was cause I wasn't feeding him enough?
I got my beardie when I was 10 (I’m now 14) and for the first 3yrs of his life he lived on kale and hoppers, because we got him from a chain petstore and my parents didn’t do any research (and I was *10* ) will he be okay?? He now has a super varied diet, yellow and red bell peppers, strawberries (as a treat), sometimes tomato, carrots, apples and bak Choi mixed up for his frequent meals. Always dusted with nutri-ball (a calcium balancer and vitamin boost) and sometimes calci-dust, Dubia Roches and sometimes hoppers.
Yeah I went to a petstore when I was ten and they talked me into getting a leopard gecko. He died. Because all they told me was frozen meal worms. And that is all he got. Luckily a year ago I got another gecko and he is doing great
Finally! A video that gives me comfort😌😌 thank you so much! Just got my juvenile and she ate like crazy the first day, 2nd day i upgraded her enclosure and she hasn't ate so i started to worry like crazy. She looks super healthy though and it seems like she loves when I hold her
Great info. The water fountain is not good for them. Infact even waterdishes in general are controversial. They are from dry climates and water in the ta k raises the humidity often giving the respiratory infections. I water min with the sink. She drinks right from the faucet and gets water from baths, zucchini and other watery foods. Cheers and thank you for the detailed video
Thank you so much for your videos. My wife and I just adopted a 4 year old bearded dragon and your videos have helped us so much. Thanks again for all the time, effort and love you are putting into this and keep up the excellent work!
Thank you so much. Glad I found your channel. I have had my Joke for 3 weeks now, and wasn't wondering if I was raising him right. Printed the food list, and will order the suggested items from Amazon you provided links for. The store told me NONE of this. But my little guy is doing good I think. He has shredded twice so far, I put him in the tub for the first time today, and he seemed OK with it. I'm working on his eating habits. Givinghim the mealworms and the dubia's, and his salad which he hardly touches, butI guess that's normal for now. I will try the bee pollen you suggested for his salads. *fingercrossed*, I can't tell you how glad I m that I found you!!!!Thank you for posting.
Great guide, a lot of things here I agree with. Only part that's a bit tricky is having a water dish in the tank. As beardies live in very arid places, the humidity can be a really big issue. So having a water dish in their evaporating and raising the humidity could lead to a problem, especially if you live in an already humid area. Just a point I had forgotten and learned again from another care video. Still, this video is very, very good for people still getting into beardie ownership. Very impressive video none-the-less and I hope to see more from you.
Yeah but a water gauge always helps to see if you can have a water bowl or not. I personally like having a water bowl and I live in a super humid area, and my substrate of choice is a very good humidity holder, but through the humidity guage I've found my house is ridiculously dry(it makes my brother get nosebleeds all the time.) So even with the water bowl and humidity holding substrate, the gauge stays at 30% unless I open my window where it will skyrocket to 60-80%. Obviously some people will have significantly more wet air in their home but for me, everything works out. (Also I don't like misting my beardie and doing so would make the humidity go up since I do use the humidity holding substrate, but through weekly bathes and water droplets on his food, he stays well hydrated.)
I am buying one for my daughters 4th birthday on Nov 20th (she loves lizards) and I have been watching all the videos I can to learn and I am so grateful for your knowledge and videos. I love these guys myself so I am happy she wants one and she loves them too.
I just got a baby dragon a week and half ago and your videos have been a live safer! My first shipment of dubia roaches arrived today and my dragon LOVES them. And you are right, they are much easier than crickets!
thanks! im volanteering this summer at a exotic shelter and wanted to know more about popularly surrendered animals like beardies. this was super easy to understand!
This is an awesome video! I've been doing research on beardies for probably a good 4-5 months now and i knew most of what you put in this video but the amount of depth you went into was awesome and i took some notes down! I just came across your channel a couple days ago and subscribed while watching the first video i saw! Great job and i cant wait to see more from you! You're helping me get ready for my future baby!
So I just got my bearded dragon should I feed my bearded dragon vegetables and fruits in the morning and then for night time worms and things of that nature? And how often do I feed my bearded dragon?
Feed it once a day because they honestly won’t eat all of it at once 😂, you can feed them worms any time and at max a day probably 5 or 3 you can feed it in the morning is what I do so mine can eat around the day when he wants.
I feed my bearded dragon seven to ten super worms every other day and a salad including a variety of vegetables everyday. About once a week, I’ll give him apples, apricots, and his favorite, blackberries. Do you think this is a good diet for my bearded dragon? I would really appreciate your advice.
I live in the uk,, are collard greens the same name over here or not because I can’t seem to find them anywhere. I’ve grown dandelion greens but it’d be easier to buy stuff from shops for if I run out
If you put a water bowl in your enclosure make sure you know what your surrounding humidity is like. I live in south GA and it’s so humid here that if I put a water bowl in my enclosure the humidity would get way to high for my dragon so I like to spray his veggies with some water and also mist him down a bit in the morning.
Thank you so much for this video! Just got one, had gotten all the food the sales person said to get but had no idea they needed live bugs instead of dead ones. ❤❤
I had a very huge question if you could help me ??🙁like I have a small bearded dragon he’s about a juvenile still and idk what to feed him daily like he doesn’t like the flower type of food at the store I buy at petco and I just bought the calcium powder and Dubai roaches not to long ago about 2 days ago and I did it BECUASE a couple of my friends noticed he twitched and told me I need to give him that I just want to make him feel better and healthy am I doing SOEMTHING wrong I bath him quit often
I have had my baby bearded dragon for five days now and he won’t eat anything I try and give him.. I put crickets and worms fruits and veggies in his habitat everyday twice daily and he never eats it I just throw what he doesn’t eat away .. what can I do .. he is so little and I feel he won’t make it if I can’t get him to eat.
I have a 3 year old bearded dragon she gets a bigsalad every after noon never tried roaches or worms she gets crickets tho once every week I just buy mine online she's not a big fan of bugs tho but she loves her salad I make sure to put purple cabbage (it's her favorite) never had a pet before her but i try my hardest I'm always looking for room to improve so this video was very helpful I really want to look into these things and see what she likes
My 6 month old bearded dragon doesn’t eat much at all? Around 2/3 roaches a day and some days he doesn’t eat.. plus he rarely touches his veggies?! I don’t know what to do any advice ?! His temperature in the enclosure is around 35 degrees Celsius.
So we are new bearded owners and Rex is still a baby. We are having a hard time getting him to eat his veggies 🥕🥬 no problem with mealworms and crickets. He hunts and eats those with no problem. Any advice will help. TIA
I also order feeders from Rainbow mealworms. And for a big breeder they have great support. I found with crickets if you keep them on vermiculite they don't smell at all
I would feed them crickets, superworms, silkworms, soldier fly larvae and occasionally hornworms or waxworms. I would probably try to get your bearded dragon to like worms since crickets are harder to manage in several ways (like the video said) and try to push salads with some of the bugs on it. Oh, and don't feed them mealworms since they have a lot of chitin and can cause impaction.
Amanda H thank you so much i’ve been researching and its overwhelming. when i do i feed them and do i feed them bugs and salad on certain days? like bugs one day then salad the other
@@emilee_3721 It depends on the age of the dragon, but with babies and adults alike you fix them a salad every morning with greens with veggies or acceptable fruits on top in the morning so that the salad sits in the tank for them to eat on all day and then 1-3 feedings of bugs depending on the age around afternoon time. With babies, you can feed them up to 3 times with feeders as they tend to eat a lot more bugs at a young age than adults, so you'd offer them maybe every 2 hours or so. Adults, on the other hand, can either be fed bugs once a day in the afternoon or twice a day every other day (skipping one day). Adults should be mainly eating their veggie salads on a daily basis and and then bugs in the afternoon or evening. I tend to fix Benji a salad around 9am and then a little bit of bugs daily around 3 or 4pm just because I feel weird skipping a day of protein.
Oh, and if you can't get your dragon to eat a salad if it's an adult, then try putting some bugs on top. If it still wont eat the greens and picks the bugs off the top, I sometimes have to trick Benji by pretending to hand feed her a bug and then quickly putting the veggie in front of it so that goes into Benji's mouth instead.
Hey I looked at all the resources but I don’t see how many times a day i should feed my 3 year old bearded dragon I can’t seem to figure out how to keep a steady feeding schedule
Discoid roaches are legal in Florida and just as good as dubias. Other than roaches, live crickets, silkworms, and black soldier fly larvae can be fed regularly. Mealworms, super worms, and hornworms can be fed occasionally. The more variety in their diet, the better!
One question, so if I live in Florida, I can’t own any Dubia Roaches in captivity, because I know part of the reason of it being illegal is that they can not survive because of the temperature, though the website lists Florida as an acceptable shipping address. Any info would help
@@liggy4049 Thank you, but I find carpet is good for babys since there kinda dumb and can eat the same and maybe get impacted. I find using sand on adult bearedies is good because there more smart and probably can not eat the sand? Is that good??
I just got my bearded dragon and he doesn’t let me near him yet, how do I feed him without the bugs getting loose? I try putting them in bowls but he just stares at them .
I've been told by a lot of beardie keeps water dishes add to much humidity to the enclosure and it is best not to have a water dish but spray the top of their head twice a day because it'll drip down their head and that is how they get their water in the wild (from rain fall) and to bathe every 2 days.
my dragon's vet told me to dust there food every day. The D3 she told me to stay away from. It seems everything i read on the internet people go both ways. if nothing else my solution is to put a lighter dusting on their food every day. It's easier for me to remember to do it also.
We just got my kids two bearded dragons today and your list started great but went on and on and on and now I’m thinking I just should have had two more kids. Goodnight!
How much calcium should I give an adult beardie during a meal? I feel like a lot of people say how often you should feed them calcium, but not how much you should actually give them. I just got my first bearded dragon and I've been giving her a salad and (on days when she needs calcium) I give her 2 superworms coated in calcium with D3 and then give her how ever many more worms she wants without any supplements.
Super worms are high in fat and not a healthy staple diet, they’re treats only. Don’t want your beardie getting overweight. Live crickets, roaches, silkworms, and black soldier fly larvae can be fed regularly. Mealworms, super worms, and hornworms can be fed occasionally. The more variety in their diet, the better :)
@@nightinggale6470 Yeah I have her setup and diet perfected now, I was panick researching/asking questions because she was a complete surprise and I had no time to prepare. She's in great health now and is a total sweetheart
I am about to get my first one! I can't seem to find a good diet for him I'm getting him as a baby. And don't know how much to feed him or really what to feed as a baby
crickets have always been a giant problem for me. they always escape, and they hide behind food and water bowls all the time. they are super annoying and die in like 2 days. thanks for the guide, really helped
Hi Elle, in need of help here. My beardie is 3 years old and I got him when I was relatively young and didn’t really know how to take care of him. I now feed him a pretty good diet, he eats collard greens, dubia roaches, and crickets the majority of the time, but also enjoys rehydrated veggies as a treat. I fear i’m not feeding him enough because he stops eating after a little while (like 3 or 4 roaches and a medium size strip of collard green leaf and he’s full). How do I know if he’s a healthy weight?
Hello. My baby only eats about 5 or 6 crickets a day it refuses to eat more. Is that normal? You concerned me when you said yours are about 80 a day as a baby.
Hi guys! Don't forget to check the description for more information and useful resources.
ALSO, I'm curious. Since beardies can be picky, what are your bearded dragon's favorite foods?
Professor was a big fan of superworms and cantaloupe
That's an awesome name! I've never tried cantaloupe with Zsasz. I'll have to try that next.
Max likes mealworms
My rescue beardie loves strawberries and Dubia roaches, and my bearded dragon I raised HATES roaches even though he was raised on them and will only eat worms. So he gets silk worms since that’s the only worm that won’t make him obese
Peas ... Sweet/ English/ sugar snaps ... The only green been able to get her to eat is napa she likes blackberries and a lil watermelon
Honestly the best guide ive seen . Ive been looking for so long to find a video that gives around how much to feed instead of just saying 20/80.
Thank you so much! I'm glad I could help 😊
Agreeed!
Yeah like
What's in the 20 and the 80 lol
@@ellesreptiles what kind of vitamin do I dust for the adults
6:30 “and they last for ever” *checks expiration date*
-me dying in the backround
Ooh I get it
I think she meant they don’t run out quickly
Bee pollen is amazing. It is basically the only way mine cares about her greens. Another tip if yours isn't eating is to check your temps with a temp gun. If it isn't hot enough or you don't have the proper 10.0 UVB lighting, they can't properly digest their food and may not eat. Mine went through this and also had parasites, but some meds from the vet fixed her up and she is doing well now. You have to get your bugs from a reliable source so they hopefully won't have parasites.
Yes! Proper temps and UVB are definitely important. I forgot to mention that, but 1000x yes! 😊 Also getting feeders from good sources is another thing I forgot to mention - of course 🤦🏽♀️. I'll put that in the description box now. Thanks! 😊
Improper UVB when they're young will lead to metabolic bone disease too which unfortunately happens to a lot of beardies because people don't know how to properly take care of them.
how many watts should the UVB be? I got a 13 watt one is that ok?
How did you know it had parasites?
@@eroschirurgi5456 The vet did a fecal test...
Scraggy is an adult, and every time I give him a salad with no bugs in it, he looks at me with a very clear "wtf is this?" look. He'll eat about half of it anyway, but this guy just hates his veggies and loves his meat
😂😂😂
Sounds like me 🤪
i know exactly what you mean.
Could try tempting with a dusting of cricket flour.
@@Faliat yeah one of the dragons went to the vet today. She gained weight so they think she might have something going in with 🥚. Reccomendd getting a calcium sandbox in case she wants to dig
In life you always have to look out for the creatures, big or small..
I don’t have a bearded dragon but this video was really informative! Maybe I’ll be able to use it in the future when I get a beardie of my own!
PS. Thanks for shouting me out!
I'm glad I could help! And you're very welcome 😊
@@ellesreptiles I don’t have a. Beardie but, I will be one soon end of the mouth but, I do have a snapping turtle but I will get a beardie my father and my mother used to have a lot of reptiles
Just got my first bearded dragon. I’m happy you make videos like this. They’ve been very helpful.
I must be lucky my bearded dragon waits in front of the glass every morning for his veggies and then for his crickets/superworms.
You really are
Bearded dragons are some of the best eaters of all reptile pets. I have never had a real picky eater. They are well known for being great for first time reptile owners. And their appetite is one of the reasons why.
@@Pktattooss my dragon eats only rocket leaves for greens but will eat any sort of bug he can get his claws on😂
Wait so ima abou to get two 1 year old bearded dragons tommorow and I don’t know what to feed them every day can you tell me plz
@@abraham33215 Dubia roaches, silent brown crickets. Mealworms. Veggies
Your voice soothes my soul and your smile is as splendid as your feeding tips are.
Haha well thank you. 😊
I would recommend crickets from rainbow mealworms, they don’t stink in the slightest, and they live as long as they’re supposed to, they don’t just die right away
😂
This video and all the links you added were super helpful! Thank you for explaining it super clearly. I’m interested in a bearded dragon and was scared at first but the way you explained it was very relieving
I loooove you enclosure setup for your beardie!
Thank you so much! 😊
Taevian's World of Reptiles! Same
@@ellesreptiles what size is that enclosure in this video?
I'm gonna be getting my first beardie soon, so me and my dad have been doing as much research as we can to ensure it stays happy and healthy, and this guide was very informative!! ^^
You are absolutely phenomenal.
I was up till 430am worried because my humidity was high.
Bought a higher wattage basking bulb and so far...its saolbed my problem!
Thank you thank you thank you!
I appreciate someone who actually knows what they're talking about with beardies. I agree with everything you said in this video. Thanks for giving vital information to properly take care of them. One of the biggest mistakes people make with beardies when they're young is not providing proper UVB. So many of them end up with metabolic bone disease, it's really sad.
super thorough, concise and informative. I've raised a beardie before, but only one. I want to take much better care of the rescue i got this week and i really appreciate this video. Thank you.
You’re a really amazing RUclipsr, thanks for the advise! Hope to see your channel grow
SUCH a helpful video for being on day 3 of having a new bearded dragon. I can't thank you enough for this video! I could NOT believe it: The pet store told me he'd only eat once a day, and maybe 5 crickets at most, cause he's just a little guy. WELL, after seeing this, I quickly went back up to feed him, and he downed 10 of them. TEN! And now I only have 3 left for the rest of the week... guess I'm about to go buy more. *LOL!* Again, thank you so much for all this eye opening info! Leo also has a lot of black lines down his belly / body, but his coloring is also very, very strong, and the "chin" area isn't black, just speckled. I'm unsure if he's stressed or not. Maybe he was cause I wasn't feeding him enough?
You’re videos are so helpful! Making sure I do tons of research before I get my beardie.
Literally the best guide ever best video hands down so detailed and even show foods for a bearded dragon and poisonous ones
Great video Elle. I took in a rescue dragon. Full grown. She's beautiful. I've wanted a gragon for a while. Your video has been the best. Thanks !
Is there a certain way to cook the squash and veggies listed in that list? Ty :) :)
I just boil them or steam them until they're soft 😊
@@ellesreptiles ok thanks that's what I was wondering if they just have to be soft 👍👍😊
Good video. Although I do question the advice of putting a fountain in the enclosure. Seems the humidity would get way too high.
I got my beardie when I was 10 (I’m now 14) and for the first 3yrs of his life he lived on kale and hoppers, because we got him from a chain petstore and my parents didn’t do any research (and I was *10* )
will he be okay??
He now has a super varied diet, yellow and red bell peppers, strawberries (as a treat), sometimes tomato, carrots, apples and bak Choi mixed up for his frequent meals. Always dusted with nutri-ball (a calcium balancer and vitamin boost) and sometimes calci-dust, Dubia Roches and sometimes hoppers.
If he looks ok now, then he should be okay but you should check with a vet just in case.
Yeah I went to a petstore when I was ten and they talked me into getting a leopard gecko. He died. Because all they told me was frozen meal worms. And that is all he got.
Luckily a year ago I got another gecko and he is doing great
Tomatoes are super bad
I wouldn’t recommend carrots I heard bad things but they are good as a treat
Finally! A video that gives me comfort😌😌 thank you so much! Just got my juvenile and she ate like crazy the first day, 2nd day i upgraded her enclosure and she hasn't ate so i started to worry like crazy. She looks super healthy though and it seems like she loves when I hold her
Yay! I'm so glad I could help! Yea, that definitely can be normal when changing enclosures 😊
Great info.
The water fountain is not good for them. Infact even waterdishes in general are controversial. They are from dry climates and water in the ta k raises the humidity often giving the respiratory infections. I water min with the sink. She drinks right from the faucet and gets water from baths, zucchini and other watery foods. Cheers and thank you for the detailed video
Thank you so much for your videos. My wife and I just adopted a 4 year old bearded dragon and your videos have helped us so much. Thanks again for all the time, effort and love you are putting into this and keep up the excellent work!
Great video. One of the best in terms of what to feed your Bearded Dragon. Thanks.
Thank you so much. Glad I found your channel. I have had my Joke for 3 weeks now, and wasn't wondering if I was raising him right. Printed the food list, and will order the suggested items from Amazon you provided links for. The store told me NONE of this. But my little guy is doing good I think. He has shredded twice so far, I put him in the tub for the first time today, and he seemed OK with it. I'm working on his eating habits. Givinghim the mealworms and the dubia's, and his salad which he hardly touches, butI guess that's normal for now. I will try the bee pollen you suggested for his salads. *fingercrossed*, I can't tell you how glad I m that I found you!!!!Thank you for posting.
Great guide, a lot of things here I agree with. Only part that's a bit tricky is having a water dish in the tank.
As beardies live in very arid places, the humidity can be a really big issue. So having a water dish in their evaporating and raising the humidity could lead to a problem, especially if you live in an already humid area.
Just a point I had forgotten and learned again from another care video. Still, this video is very, very good for people still getting into beardie ownership.
Very impressive video none-the-less and I hope to see more from you.
Yeah but a water gauge always helps to see if you can have a water bowl or not. I personally like having a water bowl and I live in a super humid area, and my substrate of choice is a very good humidity holder, but through the humidity guage I've found my house is ridiculously dry(it makes my brother get nosebleeds all the time.) So even with the water bowl and humidity holding substrate, the gauge stays at 30% unless I open my window where it will skyrocket to 60-80%. Obviously some people will have significantly more wet air in their home but for me, everything works out. (Also I don't like misting my beardie and doing so would make the humidity go up since I do use the humidity holding substrate, but through weekly bathes and water droplets on his food, he stays well hydrated.)
I am buying one for my daughters 4th birthday on Nov 20th (she loves lizards) and I have been watching all the videos I can to learn and I am so grateful for your knowledge and videos. I love these guys myself so I am happy she wants one and she loves them too.
Thank you for this awesome list of foods. Saved my boy. He was so picky. Thanks again. He’s now back to being a fattie and healthy.
Thank you thank you thank you! 💕
Possibly (and hopefully), I'll be becoming a first time Beardie momma here soon. Your video was 💯 helpful!
12:22 what if u have a water cleaner like it I put it in the glass and the cup cleans the water will That work instead?
Just use tap water or spring water.
Best beardie care video ever. And I've watched a lot.
Awww thank you so much! 😊
2 years later. Thank You for your great direction on our first Beardie
As a new beardie owner, THANK YOU ❤️
I just got a baby dragon a week and half ago and your videos have been a live safer! My first shipment of dubia roaches arrived today and my dragon LOVES them. And you are right, they are much easier than crickets!
Yay! I'm so glad I could be helpful, and congrats on your new beardie! I wish I knew about dubia roaches a lot sooner than I did 😅
thanks! im volanteering this summer at a exotic shelter and wanted to know more about popularly surrendered animals like beardies. this was super easy to understand!
So glad I could help, and I love that you're preparing to volunteer. That's amazing ♥️
kinda need to know how to store the live insects mostly, need to figure out how i can buy a lot of them and store them..
Stupid question but at 6:00 when she says to dust, do you dust the crickets/roaches or the bearded dragon?
I’m a little late but the crickets
This is an awesome video! I've been doing research on beardies for probably a good 4-5 months now and i knew most of what you put in this video but the amount of depth you went into was awesome and i took some notes down! I just came across your channel a couple days ago and subscribed while watching the first video i saw! Great job and i cant wait to see more from you! You're helping me get ready for my future baby!
Thank you so much! I'm glad it was helpful! 😊
Thank you so much for all this wonderful information! We're bringing my bonus daughter a bearded dragon home today. This will help so much!
So I just got my bearded dragon should I feed my bearded dragon vegetables and fruits in the morning and then for night time worms and things of that nature? And how often do I feed my bearded dragon?
Feed it once a day because they honestly won’t eat all of it at once 😂, you can feed them worms any time and at max a day probably 5 or 3 you can feed it in the morning is what I do so mine can eat around the day when he wants.
I feed my bearded dragon seven to ten super worms every other day and a salad including a variety of vegetables everyday. About once a week, I’ll give him apples, apricots, and his favorite, blackberries. Do you think this is a good diet for my bearded dragon? I would really appreciate your advice.
Potato Chicken why only worms
roguelineage isfun they also said a salad
Salad and worms eh maybe some variety i also heard superworms are harded to digest even it they are digestable
roguelineage isfun I would like to use Dubias but my mom would never let me 😔
Same my mom barley let me get my dragon and my leo
My bearded dragon does not eat veggies so I bought. Calcium powder to mix in with his meal worms
John Vargas he doesn’t eat salad or anything?
That's not how it works dude.
@@DubsStop it works for my bearded dragon 🐉
Hey I love your channel and I love that you take the best care for your reptiles cause lots of RUclipsrs don't:))
Awww thank you so much! 😊 I try my best.
@@ellesreptiles You're welcome keep up the good job😊
I chuckle like a little kid every time I see a Flukers product 🤣😂🤣😂
Hahaha
Mines a baby and I give him a small bowl of kale and 5-6 wax worms every day is that too much?
i gots two beardies and this video was more informative than most vids ive watched and the beautiful host was a plus
I live in the uk,, are collard greens the same name over here or not because I can’t seem to find them anywhere. I’ve grown dandelion greens but it’d be easier to buy stuff from shops for if I run out
How often can I give my bearded dragon bee pollen?
If you put a water bowl in your enclosure make sure you know what your surrounding humidity is like. I live in south GA and it’s so humid here that if I put a water bowl in my enclosure the humidity would get way to high for my dragon so I like to spray his veggies with some water and also mist him down a bit in the morning.
Wait so don’t feed them Kal or spinach? I heard “avoid”
Thank you so much for this video! Just got one, had gotten all the food the sales person said to get but had no idea they needed live bugs instead of dead ones. ❤❤
Any advice on how much to feed them as in like 2 grams of veggies per its weight or something like that
its probably just me but it sounds like you are saying staple instead of stable correct?
I had a very huge question if you could help me ??🙁like I have a small bearded dragon he’s about a juvenile still and idk what to feed him daily like he doesn’t like the flower type of food at the store I buy at petco and I just bought the calcium powder and Dubai roaches not to long ago about 2 days ago and I did it BECUASE a couple of my friends noticed he twitched and told me I need to give him that I just want to make him feel better and healthy am I doing SOEMTHING wrong I bath him quit often
I have had my baby bearded dragon for five days now and he won’t eat anything I try and give him.. I put crickets and worms fruits and veggies in his habitat everyday twice daily and he never eats it I just throw what he doesn’t eat away .. what can I do .. he is so little and I feel he won’t make it if I can’t get him to eat.
I have a 3 year old bearded dragon she gets a bigsalad every after noon never tried roaches or worms she gets crickets tho once every week I just buy mine online she's not a big fan of bugs tho but she loves her salad I make sure to put purple cabbage (it's her favorite) never had a pet before her but i try my hardest I'm always looking for room to improve so this video was very helpful I really want to look into these things and see what she likes
My 6 month old bearded dragon doesn’t eat much at all? Around 2/3 roaches a day and some days he doesn’t eat.. plus he rarely touches his veggies?! I don’t know what to do any advice ?! His temperature in the enclosure is around 35 degrees Celsius.
Can baby beardies have superworms and if not why
So we are new bearded owners and Rex is still a baby. We are having a hard time getting him to eat his veggies 🥕🥬 no problem with mealworms and crickets. He hunts and eats those with no problem. Any advice will help. TIA
I also order feeders from Rainbow mealworms. And for a big breeder they have great support.
I found with crickets if you keep them on vermiculite they don't smell at all
Do they drink alot of water??
But how much greens and insects do they need per day?
Do you have any tips on getting your baby beardie to eat veggies… my little guy eats zero veggies even if i offer veggies to him
Thanks
I was so confused with the food spencer thhing the boy pros were saying
what bug do i feed the beardie if dubia roaches are illegal here?? any alternatives or something that’s just as healthy?? someone please help!!😭
I would feed them crickets, superworms, silkworms, soldier fly larvae and occasionally hornworms or waxworms. I would probably try to get your bearded dragon to like worms since crickets are harder to manage in several ways (like the video said) and try to push salads with some of the bugs on it. Oh, and don't feed them mealworms since they have a lot of chitin and can cause impaction.
Amanda H thank you so much i’ve been researching and its overwhelming. when i do i feed them and do i feed them bugs and salad on certain days? like bugs one day then salad the other
@@emilee_3721 It depends on the age of the dragon, but with babies and adults alike you fix them a salad every morning with greens with veggies or acceptable fruits on top in the morning so that the salad sits in the tank for them to eat on all day and then 1-3 feedings of bugs depending on the age around afternoon time. With babies, you can feed them up to 3 times with feeders as they tend to eat a lot more bugs at a young age than adults, so you'd offer them maybe every 2 hours or so. Adults, on the other hand, can either be fed bugs once a day in the afternoon or twice a day every other day (skipping one day). Adults should be mainly eating their veggie salads on a daily basis and and then bugs in the afternoon or evening. I tend to fix Benji a salad around 9am and then a little bit of bugs daily around 3 or 4pm just because I feel weird skipping a day of protein.
Oh, and if you can't get your dragon to eat a salad if it's an adult, then try putting some bugs on top. If it still wont eat the greens and picks the bugs off the top, I sometimes have to trick Benji by pretending to hand feed her a bug and then quickly putting the veggie in front of it so that goes into Benji's mouth instead.
Amanda H ohh ok so for adults i feed them a salad everyday and bugs every other day?
What does it mean when my dog tries to attack my bearded dragon and also what does it mean when my bearded dragon keeps nipping at my fingers?
Never let your dog and bearded dragon interact, they’re predator and prey. Your bearded dragon may mistaking your fingers for food.
Hey I looked at all the resources but I don’t see how many times a day i should feed my 3 year old bearded dragon I can’t seem to figure out how to keep a steady feeding schedule
I’m watching cause my mom told me I had to clean feed bathe and take care of it but I’m getting it Saturday so I have to learn
i live in florida so i can’t feed my bearded dragon dubia roaches so what do u recommend i feed him?
Discoid roaches are legal in Florida and just as good as dubias. Other than roaches, live crickets, silkworms, and black soldier fly larvae can be fed regularly. Mealworms, super worms, and hornworms can be fed occasionally. The more variety in their diet, the better!
What size dubia roaches would a juvenile eat?
I heard you weren’t supposed to put a water bowl in the tank because it messes up the humidity in the tank
One question, so if I live in Florida, I can’t own any Dubia Roaches in captivity, because I know part of the reason of it being illegal is that they can not survive because of the temperature, though the website lists Florida as an acceptable shipping address. Any info would help
On thedubiadude.com? The website says “We cannot ship to Florida, Hawaii, or Alaska.” Sorry! 😔
I have a question? What shall I use in the tank sand or carpet or anythink else what's better?
@@liggy4049 Thank you, but I find carpet is good for babys since there kinda dumb and can eat the same and maybe get impacted. I find using sand on adult bearedies is good because there more smart and probably can not eat the sand? Is that good??
I just got my bearded dragon and he doesn’t let me near him yet, how do I feed him without the bugs getting loose? I try putting them in bowls but he just stares at them .
Try tong feeding or letting him hunt the bugs in his enclosure, just remove any uneaten insects.
I've been told by a lot of beardie keeps water dishes add to much humidity to the enclosure and it is best not to have a water dish but spray the top of their head twice a day because it'll drip down their head and that is how they get their water in the wild (from rain fall) and to bathe every 2 days.
20 to 30 crickets in one setting?
my dragon's vet told me to dust there food every day. The D3 she told me to stay away from. It seems everything i read on the internet people go both ways. if nothing else my solution is to put a lighter dusting on their food every day. It's easier for me to remember to do it also.
We just got my kids two bearded dragons today and your list started great but went on and on and on and now I’m thinking I just should have had two more kids. Goodnight!
I just found your channel and I’m amazed 😭this video was so helpful and enjoyable to watch, definitely a new subscriber 😊
Awww thank you so much and welcome to the channel! ♥️
I’m feeding my 4 month old bearded dragon 5-7 Dubia roaches 3 times a day is that ok I’m just asking for a bit of advice :)
How much calcium should I give an adult beardie during a meal? I feel like a lot of people say how often you should feed them calcium, but not how much you should actually give them.
I just got my first bearded dragon and I've been giving her a salad and (on days when she needs calcium) I give her 2 superworms coated in calcium with D3 and then give her how ever many more worms she wants without any supplements.
Super worms are high in fat and not a healthy staple diet, they’re treats only. Don’t want your beardie getting overweight. Live crickets, roaches, silkworms, and black soldier fly larvae can be fed regularly. Mealworms, super worms, and hornworms can be fed occasionally. The more variety in their diet, the better :)
@@nightinggale6470 Yeah I have her setup and diet perfected now, I was panick researching/asking questions because she was a complete surprise and I had no time to prepare. She's in great health now and is a total sweetheart
Where did you get that hideaway with the platform and how much was it?
We built it out of Styrofoam and grout, then painted it 😊
I am about to get my first one! I can't seem to find a good diet for him I'm getting him as a baby. And don't know how much to feed him or really what to feed as a baby
I thought you weren’t supposed to put water bowls or water features in their tank as it raises humidity?
crickets have always been a giant problem for me. they always escape, and they hide behind food and water bowls all the time. they are super annoying and die in like 2 days. thanks for the guide, really helped
Can we just feed the baby ones veges or have to feed bugs?
2:00 did she say "car greens"?
Collard greens 😊
I have 5 beardies and my oldest ONLY eats horned worms and kale sometimes collard greens
Our bearded dragon seems to get constipated often and we put him in shallow warm water then he goes. Are we not feeding him right?
how often do you bath them
the powder do you have to get all 6or can you just buy and if so which one is the best
You’re so pretty ! Thank you for this video. I just rescued a stunted beardie two days ago!
Also, I live in Florida and currently breed crickets and I HATE them with a passion ... what’s a good supplement for Dubia roaches & crickets?
Hi Elle, in need of help here. My beardie is 3 years old and I got him when I was relatively young and didn’t really know how to take care of him. I now feed him a pretty good diet, he eats collard greens, dubia roaches, and crickets the majority of the time, but also enjoys rehydrated veggies as a treat. I fear i’m not feeding him enough because he stops eating after a little while (like 3 or 4 roaches and a medium size strip of collard green leaf and he’s full). How do I know if he’s a healthy weight?
Super useful video!!
Can I freeze fruits and veggies and thaw them before feeding? I wanna give a good variety of both but don’t want it to go bad
Hello. My baby only eats about 5 or 6 crickets a day it refuses to eat more. Is that normal? You concerned me when you said yours are about 80 a day as a baby.
Hi Ellie thankypu for the helpfyll videos i just got a baby drangen your videos are very helpfull but we need to know were the link is we dont know
Thank you! And congrats on your beardie. 😊
The links for what I talked about? They're always in the description boxes below the video.