Concerns about amount of crickets

[Rwtf8]

Hello there!
It's third week that I'm keeping bearded dragon 4mo and probably as most of you had concerns and questions I do have them now and willing to be a good keeper.

So, 4 months old beardy and his diet now is 7-10 crickets a day. I bought 50-70 frozen crickets, put them on a napkin for 10-15min and after that feed, 2 times a week with ZooMed Calc+D3. Crickets size is from 1.5cm to 2.5cm - they are not micro/small.
Also, there're fresh chopped pumpkin, salad and carrots green leaves every day. Refresh water every morning.
I'm going to buy 50 more live crickets, feed them with carrot, green apple and salad for day or two.

So I'm worried is that enough for not a baby but growing bearded dragon?

 

[Skybug]

He really should be eating more, id get 100, next time you get them put them in a bucket with some potato carrot lettuce to gut load them and keep them healthy , he should be going through atleast 20 a day, can u post a picture of his hips and a pic of his belly.

 

[Rwtf8]

@Skybug Pack of 10 frozen crickets to give a context of their size and photo of him itself.

 

[Skybug]

He does look a lil thin, i know its hard to get live bugs, but really thats what he should be getting, have you tried feeding him BSFL they have tons of names please get him some of these symtombsf.com ive gotten mine from here, order the larges the smalls are way to small, feed him as many as he’ll eat

 

[Rwtf8]

He does look a lil thin, i know its hard to get live bugs, but really thats what he should be getting, have you tried feeding him BSFL they have tons of names please get him some of these symtombsf.com ive gotten mine from here, order the larges the smalls are way to small, feed him as many as he’ll eat

I live in Estonia, but we do have here a various breeders so it's not a big problem.
Thank you for your advice and that's was so fast!
I'll give him full 10 tomorrow after 2 hours after lights are on and probably few extra for lunch

 

[Frank the baby beardry]

Hello there!
It's third week that I'm keeping bearded dragon 4mo and probably as most of you had concerns and questions I do have them now and willing to be a good keeper.

So, 4 months old beardy and his diet now is 7-10 crickets a day. I bought 50-70 frozen crickets, put them on a napkin for 10-15min and after that feed, 2 times a week with ZooMed Calc+D3. Crickets size is from 1.5cm to 2.5cm - they are not micro/small.
Also, there're fresh chopped pumpkin, salad and carrots green leaves every day. Refresh water every morning.
I'm going to buy 50 more live crickets, feed them with carrot, green apple and salad for day or two.

So I'm worried is that enough for not a baby but growing bearded dragon?

I would do 30-35 a day. This is enough and it’s about the cheapest if you want to save money but cut it of at 80 a day

 

[Frank the baby beardry]

I would do 30-35 a day. This is enough and it’s about the cheapest if you want to save money but cut it of at 80 a day

Also how much does he 2 weight

 

[ilikepickles:)]

Hello there!
It's third week that I'm keeping bearded dragon 4mo and probably as most of you had concerns and questions I do have them now and willing to be a good keeper.

So, 4 months old beardy and his diet now is 7-10 crickets a day. I bought 50-70 frozen crickets, put them on a napkin for 10-15min and after that feed, 2 times a week with ZooMed Calc+D3. Crickets size is from 1.5cm to 2.5cm - they are not micro/small.
Also, there're fresh chopped pumpkin, salad and carrots green leaves every day. Refresh water every morning.
I'm going to buy 50 more live crickets, feed them with carrot, green apple and salad for day or two.

So I'm worried is that enough for not a baby but growing bearded dragon?

Hey, it all sounds pretty good for me, but maybe cut down on the crickets each feeding time, and make feeding more than 2 times a week. You want a healthy and moderatly-sized dragon, but not a malnourished-looking thin one. You also don't want to feed large amounts every feeding time, as your dragon with become obese over time.

 

[Frank the baby beardry]

Hey, it all sounds pretty good for me, but maybe cut down on the crickets each feeding time, and make feeding more than 2 times a week. You want a healthy and moderatly-sized dragon, but not a malnourished-looking thin one. You also don't want to feed large amounts every feeding time, as your dragon with become obese over time.

Good response but you want to be feeding at least 30 appropriately sized cricket s per day. I do 15 in the morning greens for lunch and then 15 in the afternoon

 

[Bailey]

As many as he can eat in a fifteen minute time period is usually a good amount.

You want to do this twice a day.

 

[Rwtf8]

Hey, it all sounds pretty good for me, but maybe cut down on the crickets each feeding time, and make feeding more than 2 times a week. You want a healthy and moderatly-sized dragon, but not a malnourished-looking thin one. You also don't want to feed large amounts every feeding time, as your dragon with become obese over time.

Thanks for your response! I feed him every morning every day and 2 times a week I dust crickets in Calc+D3, so "2 times a week" was about supplements

 

[Frank the baby beardry]

Thanks for your response! I feed him every morning every day and 2 times a week I dust crickets in Calc+D3, so "2 times a week" was about supplements

You need to be feeding 30-80 crickets per day

 

[Rwtf8]

@Frank the baby beardry @Skybug
Hey there again!
I bought new pack of crickets (8-10mm) and now feed him 20 in morning and 20 after lunch plus pumpkin and salad.
Here you can find new photo of him and also his weight is 73 gramms, 4.5 months old.
So, I wanted to ask once more - how is it going now? How does he look - skinny/fatty or it's his expected condition?
Thank you a lot!

 

[Frank the baby beardry]

@Frank the baby beardry @Skybug
Hey there again!
I bought new pack of crickets (8-10mm) and now feed him 20 in morning and 20 after lunch plus pumpkin and salad.
Here you can find new photo of him and also his weight is 73 gramms, 4.5 months old.
So, I wanted to ask once more - how is it going now? How does he look - skinny/fatty or it's his expected condition?
Thank you a lot!

He looks great 73 grams is fine . But are you sure he is 4 months he doses not look it

 

[Rwtf8]

He looks great 73 grams is fine . But are you sure he is 4 months he doses not look it

That's what I was told in pet store I guess, it's 4.5 now
Thank you for your feedback - I'll try to keep monitor him all the time

 

[Frank the baby beardry]

That's what I was told in pet store I guess, it's 4.5 now
Thank you for your feedback - I'll try to keep monitor him all the time

how long is he from head to tail

 

[Rwtf8]

how long is he from head to tail

He's hiding right now so I don't want to disturb him. But will post that asap!
His size is not bigger than a palm. I know, this measurement is a bit odd, but that's all I can say at this moment.

 

[Skybug]

He looks really good, nice amd alert, he did tell me though he’s ready for some more crickets! XD