My Dragon got fed a fish - Will he be OK?

[Beardie123]

My stupid 15 year old brother and his friends fead my bearded dragon a baby shark that was about an inch big and she ate it she is only 10 months old she is over a foot long.

 

[Germ]

Should not be an issue ... But don't be making a habit of it .

 

[Mungi's Buddha]

That was a new one on me so I had to do a lil research but from several sources I have read that Bearded Dragons should never be fed fish due to the fact that they can not digest the bones therefor cause a risk of impaction and secondly fish pose a high risk of transmitting parasites to the dragon. I would probably watch your dragon closely and most definitely give your brother the Loser of the Year Award...smh

Edit: I would however agree with Germ that a one time occurrence is probably not a major deal.

 

[Germ]

I don't know, they can devour & digest a scorpion with no trouble, don't think they would have much trouble with a one inch fish's bones. No, I am not suggesting that this is good idea & that you should feed your Dragons scorpions or fish. Bones are a source of calcium & I do believe digestible. No worse than feeding mice, again not a good plan, but they will digest it.

 

[Mungi's Buddha]

Probably true..like I said when I saw that I had never thought about feeding fish to one so started a Google search and found that info as the most common answer available among bearded dragon info sites. I read through about a dozen. I could be wrong or they could be wrong...course if they are wrong then that would by proxy make me wrong anyway..lol
Probably not a great idea to feed something to any animal without doing a little research before hand either way..what's good for the goose isn't always good for the gander so to speak..lol

 

[Germ]

My reasoning is a BD is a predator in it's own right, will attack, devour & digest almost anything living smaller than it & moving, if it is hungry enough. Smaller lizards, including their own kind, are also part of BDs diet in the wild when opportunity & necessity dictates it, along with many other small creatures, many having bone skeletal frames.

Best bet is to stick to a recommended diet.

 

[Beardie123]

my brother is not bright he just likes watching her devour basicaly anything that moves i need to get a tank with a lock lol

 

[Aleena]

Oh, good luck with that! Sounds like your brother is a handful!

 

[BeardieBaby]

Wow! At least he didn't feed him a huge spider..there's a stupid video on YouTube of two people with a huge spider in their house so they sent their beardie after it to eat it..talk about STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Harming a pet to eat another possibly poisonous spider because you are too scared to kill it yourself is considered animal abuse in my eyes!

 

[Pat B]

Don't you just love brothers!! and I have 5 of them!! and some of them can be and act really stupid!!!! LOL!!

 

[Beardie123]

True im 13 and i swear i care more about my beardie more than anything my brother is 2 years older than me and i have way more common sense then him you dont see me feeding his snake squirrles and birds. lol but she passed it so she is fine and health thats all that matters