Feeding Schedule of Bearded Dragons through their Life

Feeding Schedule

Control the amount of food you eat your bearded dragon can help you manage the speed with which it must grow , and nutrients that may be lacking in your diet. While at the same time , avoid overeating and obesity.

Not all bearded dragons are the same, their food and nutrition needs to be different at different stages of his life. The three stages of the life of a bearded dragon is breeding , juvenile, and adult stages. I have given you the three programs shown feeding on the bottom .

Hatchlings

The young are less than 4-5 months old and are very fragile , it is essential that the lizard receives abundant nutrients, do not feed your chick any bigger than her head dams, as it can cause serious injury , disability or death .

If makes fruit flies , pinheads , small crickets , wax worms and small can be found are good choices. Because of their very large appetite, a baby try to consume prey that is too large , a baby dragon who eat foods that are too large can fall into a state of paralysis or may even die .

Do not feed your mealworms hatching. The calf is in a stage of rapid growth and therefore have different nutritional needs than adults. They must receive a higher percentage of insects and other animal protein than adults. Their diet should consist of 60 to 80 percent animal protein and 20 to 40 percent of the plants . They should be fed several times each day due to its rapid metabolism .

Baby Dragon

Small insects fed three to four times a day. Dust one meal a day in a calcium/D3 supplement if you have not added these supplements to the mix of gut load. If you feed gut loaded prey exclusively received supplements of vitamins / minerals, it is not necessary to remove the extra powder.

His breeding also should be fed finely chopped vegetables at least three times a week ; Daily is better. Because a baby dragons metabolism is so high and its reserves are low, it is very important not to miss a shot. Unlike juveniles and adults , a baby bearded dragon can literally starve.

Juveniles

Your dragon is considered to be a minor at the age of 4-5 months. Once the dragon is a minor, you can reduce the frequency of feedings . When a dragon reaches juvenile stage of life , we no longer need to feed them three times a day due to their increased mass and fat reserves .

The growth rate has also declined bearded dragon , so do not feed as often as it will cause your dragon to become obese and unhealthy . Your dragon only requires one insect per day with at least four vegetarian meals per week however a variety of food along with regular mineral vitamin supplementation is still necessary .

Supplement one meal a week with a broad spectrum vitamin supplement , and three meals a couple weeks with some dust calcium/D3 . Juveniles are bigger and stronger than they were when they were children , so they can be fed some of the foods that were off limits when they were young.

Now they can be fed worms and pinkie mice (offered only once every 2-3 weeks). Remember that the dams have to be smaller than her head. It is important to increase the amount of vegetables your dragon eats and slightly reduce the amount of animal protein you eat.

Adults

The dragon is considered an adult at age 18 months or more , and his feeding schedule is less strict at this point in his life. They can be maintained on a diet of insects and plant rotation fed daily to every other day , with supplements vitamin/calcium/D3 added once a week .

Adult dragons can also be fed pinkies adult mice, canned dog food and small lizards as occasional treats , not more than one treatment every 3 weeks to a month . Adults can become obese very easily, so watch your speed and adjust the amount of food you eat, if necessary.