desmith0927
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Ok so there’s SO much conflicting/misinformation out there I’m just not 100% sure what to do. My Elliot is between 3-4 months old. I had some issues at first as far as not eating and such but I got proper lighting, a 40 gallon terrarium, and dubias/BSFL. Elliot LOVES it all. I offer a salad of various mustard greens as well as carrot tops with a few herb greens thrown in and squash. Tiny bit of fruit for dressing. He doesn’t touch it but I don’t really expect him to yet. That’s not my question but I know people ask those questions in response to nutrition threads a lot so i figured I’d provide it.
Anyhow, I got a calcium supplement that is both d3 and phosphorus free. On top of that, I got the Zilla with Beto Carotene spray multivitamin. I know I do not need to dust the bsfl with calcium. I also know that I’m supposed to dust feeder with calcium 4-5 days a week and use a multivitamin the days I do not use calcium. 2-3 days a week.
HOWEVER, Elliot does not seem to want to eat the roaches when they are dusted. And he doesn’t seem to want to eat anything I spray. Even when I let it dry out for quite some time and switch it to a new bowl so there’s no residual dried vitamin that he can see on the bottom of the bowl because... GOD FORBID!!
I’m wondering if there is a way to gutload the dubias so that I would not have to dust them. Then at least if I only have to worry about the multivitamin twice a week it’ll be way less of a stressor. Or even if there’s a way to gut load them with enough of the calcium and multivitamin containing things he needs that only feeding them would be enough. If I have to dust, then I have to. He will eat them if he gets hungry enough but he’ll go from eating 2-3 times a day to only once and a small amount when something is on them. I’ve been so proud of him being such a good eater lately. He would eat the crickets with the calcium plus d3 banana flavored stuff but I now know not to use that and he won’t eat crickets at all anymore.
Anyhow, I got a calcium supplement that is both d3 and phosphorus free. On top of that, I got the Zilla with Beto Carotene spray multivitamin. I know I do not need to dust the bsfl with calcium. I also know that I’m supposed to dust feeder with calcium 4-5 days a week and use a multivitamin the days I do not use calcium. 2-3 days a week.
HOWEVER, Elliot does not seem to want to eat the roaches when they are dusted. And he doesn’t seem to want to eat anything I spray. Even when I let it dry out for quite some time and switch it to a new bowl so there’s no residual dried vitamin that he can see on the bottom of the bowl because... GOD FORBID!!
I’m wondering if there is a way to gutload the dubias so that I would not have to dust them. Then at least if I only have to worry about the multivitamin twice a week it’ll be way less of a stressor. Or even if there’s a way to gut load them with enough of the calcium and multivitamin containing things he needs that only feeding them would be enough. If I have to dust, then I have to. He will eat them if he gets hungry enough but he’ll go from eating 2-3 times a day to only once and a small amount when something is on them. I’ve been so proud of him being such a good eater lately. He would eat the crickets with the calcium plus d3 banana flavored stuff but I now know not to use that and he won’t eat crickets at all anymore.