how often should I be feeding My Beardie?

[Carmil07]

Hi all
I have been feeding my 7 month old beardie live feed once a day as this is what I had read in caresheets and a book I bought etc. Now someone has said to me he should only be getting livefeed twice a week...... Help I am confused x

 

[Jp]

As dragons get older they usually consume more greens & veg than live food.

 

[Carmil07]

Hi Jeff
Yes I understand that so should he just be getting live feed twice a week now at 7months old? I had read this was when they were 12-18 months? x

 

[Jp]

At 7 months, the diet u have your dragon on is fine. My juveniles get fed live food daily & my adults every other day. However, for the last couple of weeks 2 of my adults aren't touching greens & craving str8 live food. Just be careful not to overfeed, the temp in your dragons enclosure will only help digest so much food & obesity can become an issue.

 

[Carmil07]

Thanks for that Jeff I weigh him on a regular basis and he did start putting on more weight than normal so we just cut down his daily amount Will they always need live feed as he also suggested having Monty on just a veggie diet if I could 'Try and convert him to full veggy If you can'....I had not heard of this before