What bearded dragons eat, by age: safe staple greens, feeder insects, occasional fruits, calcium and vitamin schedules, gut-loading, and foods to never feed. Includes feeding schedules for babies, juveniles, and adults.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth about feeder insects: the cricket is not the meal. Whatever the cricket ate in the last day or two is the meal. An ungut-loaded cricket is, in one reptile vet’s memorable phrase, a delivery vehicle with nothing inside. Gut-loading is the practice of feeding your feeders a nutrient-dense diet for 24–72…
Calcium dusting is the most routine thing in bearded dragon care and somehow the most argued-about. How often? With D3 or without? What about multivitamins? Ask five keepers and you’ll get seven schedules. The disagreements aren’t random, though — they trace back to one variable most schedules don’t name: your UVB setup. Answer two questions…
Walk into any reptile expo and you’ll see fifty tubs of wriggling protein, each seller swearing theirs is the best. The truth is less dramatic: there are three genuinely great staple feeders, a handful of useful treats, and a couple of popular options that are quietly terrible. The difference between them isn’t marketing — it’s…
You’re standing in the produce aisle, phone in one hand, wondering if bearded dragons can eat bell peppers. (They can.) This page is the searchable database I wish someone had handed me on day one: 47 foods, each labeled by how often it belongs in the bowl. Search it, filter it, bookmark it. 🔍 The…
Here’s the whole feeding program in one paragraph: babies eat insects 2–3 times a day (about 80% insects, 20% greens); juveniles get insects twice daily as greens take over; adults eat a fresh salad every day and insects every other day (about 20% insects, 80% greens). Dust the insects with calcium on the schedule below….
