weight gaining foods?

[staylor]

I was looking into getting Oscar some silkworms to put some weight on him, but they are more expensive then I thought. Can you all tell me where you get your worms from? Also what other proteins can I feed him to fatten him up a little. His tail is fat, but I don't like how small his other fat pads are. He is 341g as of tonight. He is fed 60-100 crix/week

 

[li]

How old is he again? For the most part if u just feed properly he will gain weight at the appropriate time.

 

[staylor]

He is 5. With that many crix and his salad he should not be so skinny.

 

[beardielover17]

I get my worms from coastalsilkworms.com Do you have a recent picture of him? Really you don't want to offer anything high in fat and in large quantities. I also say keep up a normal healthy diet and he will gain weight if needed.

 

[ladyknite]

He is fed 60-100 crix/week

He is 5.

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many crix for a 5 year old. His liver is stressing most likely.
If he's healthy, (no parasites) relieving that overburden on his liver may help him gain weight. Digestion has the most impact on weight gain. And when the liver stresses, digestion alters.

 

[staylor]

He was on 30 a week till he dropped the weight so I upped it. I will drop him back down. This week he only got 50 so he will not get more till next week. He has great solid, non smelly poop.

 

[ladyknite]

instead of increasing the number of feeders you give, you might consider varying the type of feeder. Certain feeders contain more meat to shell ratio while some contain more crude fat. Crude fat isn't a bad thing, if it's not in excess.
Like say per week.......I'd give him 20 crix, 20 roaches and 10 supers. Week 2 I'd give him 30 roaches, 10 crix, 10 supers and 5 wax worms.

 

[staylor]

Can't have roaches here...stupid laws Roaches are in the plans just have to work things out first.

 

[li]

Yikes....Yeah he could end up having more problems as LK mentioned. That many crix for a 3 year old is way too many, never mind a 5 year old. Leads to a lot of health problems like liver disease and such. Follow LK's advice on feeders.

Can you post a picture of him on this thread? Some beardies just aren't huge beardies. At Spyro's highest weight he was only 450 grams.