Baby Bearded Dragon Eating

I ve not yet had any bearded dragon from birth die go to the vets or fail to eat worst thing is a few toes have been nipped.

Baby bearded dragon eating. As they grow older their reliance on insects will decrease but for the time being insects are their primary food. It s a very common behavior baby beardie are very likely to feel stress when they get relocated from their familiar habitat. Handling a newborn baby beardie can stress them too much. I recommend with babies 0 3 months taking your beardy to the vet after 3 days of not eating and juveniles 3 12 months after 1 week of not eating.

Your baby beardie is growing and needs the protein insects are the biggest source of protein available to them. Insects make up almost 80 of a baby bearded dragon s diet. It s common for baby bearded dragons to eat between 3 5 times a day and each sitting will normally last around 10 15 minutes. A gut loaded insect is more nutritious than an empty cricket.

Juvenile and baby bearded dragons need to eat more often see the chart in the section above. Shedding is an irritable time for bearded dragons and shedding can be triggered by many things including environment diet and health but for the most part it is caused by growth and development for baby and juvenile bearded dragons. You should feed them as much live prey as they can eat in this time and you may see them eating somewhere in the region of 20 60 insects per day. This guide is specifically for feeding baby bearded dragons up to 12 months old and what you should look for to avoid over feeding under feeding poor nutrition and exactly what to feed your beardie.

It can be one of the possible reason behind the baby bearded dragon not eating. A baby bearded dragon s meals should consist of 80 insects and 20 greens and vegetables this ratio will flip flop as they grow older but don t worry about that just yet. Hatchies baby bearded dragons will shed almost every week. They are just newborn and you are touching them too much.

Juveniles may shed every 3 4 weeks. Locusts are another good food source for your baby bearded dragon. Technically they can go weeks without eating but this is only in the direst of circumstances. It s recommended to feed the insects on grass before feeding them to your baby dragon.

Baby bearded dragons like to hunt. However the reason i do not highlight these as much is due to their cost.