Bearded Dragon in an apt.?

[Valiant]

Just trying to understand the odor the bearded dragons have because I have allergies. For my gerbil's odor I got complete litter and Bath sand to mask the smell. I am more allergic to the litter than the smell from the gerbil.

Dragons don't have a bad Oder. It's just the poop that smells. If u keep the tank clean and bath him a couple times a week u won't smell anything. Also crickets stink a lot. So the roaches and worms are the best option.

 

[Valiant]

I don't remember saying anywhere that I was going to adopt an adult. I was thinking it would be easier to get an adult though for the young consume more bugs. Concerned about the cost of the bugs. Still researching the cost of worms. Crickets found you have to have a little house for them and then buy food for them. Worms less of a hassle it seems.

Sorry. I was just referring to buying an adult from someone as adopting. Worms are easy to keep. I have super worms. Just change out the vegies when it's looking dry and they eat the same things the dragons eat. And if u have room u can bread your own roaches and/or supers so u will have a free supply of food

 

[reneeiv]

Also crickets stink a lot. So the roaches and worms are the best option.
if u have room u can bread your own roaches and/or supers

Yeh I looked at the crickets and realized they would aggravate my allergies.

Read 1 whom bred the supers. Said it was hard to get them to breed. By the time the worms bred his bearded dragon was not interested in the worms. Have you bred them, valiant?

 

[Valiant]

Yeh I looked at the crickets and realized they would aggravate my allergies.

Read 1 whom bred the supers. Said it was hard to get them to breed. By the time the worms bred his bearded dragon was not interested in the worms. Have you bred them, valiant?

Not yet. By beardy is only 5 months old and eats about 10-17 worms a day. So we spend $15 every three weeks for worms. When she gets older and starts eating more I'm going to try breading them.

 

[reneeiv]

Not yet. By beardy is only 5 months old and eats about 10-17 worms a day. So we spend $15 every three weeks for worms. When she gets older and starts eating more I'm going to try breading them.

Paarthurnax bred the worms. Think I will dry breeding the worms before getting a bearded dragon.

 

[Valiant]

There is about 300 in here. They don't take up much room and require very little care. I do buy crickets once a week and put them in a storage Bin so she can chase them around a bit and eat something different.

 

[Hdrydr31]

Offering a variety of foods is best with dragons as some bugs give alot of fat, some alot of calcium, some have alot of protein... So looking at the links below there is a guide in there (I believe we added one) that shows the % of each feeder.
I used to raise crickets for about 5 years for a rescue bird, but I now raise dubia's, and my first round of hornworms are pupating into moths hopefully then fingers crossed eggs...I also keep on hand butterworms, waxworms, phoenix worms and superworms.

 

[reneeiv]

Dragons don't have a bad Oder. It's just the poop that smells. .

Hope that doesn't mean that when I come home after working 12hrs I am going to be knocked over by the odor.

 

[Hdrydr31]

I've not had an odor issue at all my gal and so far my fella go in their bath time...