Bearded Dragon "Glass" Surfing?

[snakefin]

I actually bought the opaque box with the intention to reduce glass dancing. Well guess I know better now. I think he does feel trapped.

Was bitten by an agamid before when I was younger, one of the wild ones hanging around on trees and it felt like you got hit by a hammer lol.

I didn't mention that I don't leave living prey in his enclosure. I'll check out the build! It sounds interesting.

Just got myself a pocket dehumidifier sort of thing with good ratings. I'll run it at night. Thank you amazon free shipping.

 

[doomiedee]

Hows has the handling been going? Noticing any improvement?

I was bitten by my iguana when he was about 3' long i had to get stitiches cause hes wouldn't let go until i put him down in his cage. My beardie has nipped afew times grabbing superworms from my fingers. Its nothing compered the iguana but again its not a full on bite.



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[snakefin]

Hows has the handling been going? Noticing any improvement?

I was bitten by my iguana when he was about 3' long i had to get stitiches cause hes wouldn't let go until i put him down in his cage. My beardie has nipped afew times grabbing superworms from my fingers. Its nothing compered the iguana but again its not a full on bite.

I successfully got him out for a run for the first time this morning. In terms of touching, he's almost fully receptive to the touch now, so long as I take care not to scare him and approach him slowly. Though I think I've used too many supers for this effect because he's starting to turn his nose up to the vegetables I try to give him.

 

[doomiedee]

I successfully got him out for a run for the first time this morning. In terms of touching, he's almost fully receptive to the touch now, so long as I take care not to scare him and approach him slowly. Though I think I've used too many supers for this effect because he's starting to turn his nose up to the vegetables I try to give him.

Well you should be mixing up the diet anyways. So dont do it with just superworms or crickets. I did it with a banana this morning. She went nuts ran up the log to the highest point then jumped on my shirt and went for the banana. If you going to look into more fruits be very careful of what you feed him. They can only eat particular fruits and in moderation. Do not feed any acidic fruits like oranges or mangos.

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[snakefin]

Well you should be mixing up the diet anyways. So dont do it with just superworms or crickets. I did it with a banana this morning. She went nuts ran up the log to the highest point then jumped on my shirt and went for the banana. If you going to look into more fruits be very careful of what you feed him. They can only eat particular fruits and in moderation. Do not feed any acidic fruits like oranges or mangos.

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Yea he's primarily on vegetables just that I've been overusing insects recently to assist with the handling. What's wrong with citrus fruits anyway? I've seen people comment similarly about them before, but nothing definite has been given against their use.

 

[doomiedee]

Yea he's primarily on vegetables just that I've been overusing insects recently to assist with the handling. What's wrong with citrus fruits anyway? I've seen people comment similarly about them before, but nothing definite has been given against their use.

sdorry i was wrong about mangos you can feed mangos.

Citric fruits are high in citric acid and can be difficult on a bearded dragon’s digestive system, especially with babies. It’s best to avoid feeding any citric fruits


http://www.beardeddragoncare101.com/best-foods-bearded-dragon/


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[snakefin]

sdorry i was wrong about mangos you can feed mangos.

Citric fruits are high in citric acid and can be difficult on a bearded dragon’s digestive system, especially with babies. It’s best to avoid feeding any citric fruits


http://www.beardeddragoncare101.com/best-foods-bearded-dragon/

Alright credit due where it's due. I hadn't noticed that before despite going through the food lists many times. I'm still not too sure how much credence I put into it since it appears that the food link on beautiful dragons lists oranges as occasionals.

Anyway, how much do your beardies eat daily?

 

[foto69man]

The first 6-8 months, as many crickets as they want, twice a day. Limited kale and other greens (never iceberg lettuce or such...it's a waste)

After 8 months since they have a pretty good digestive tract developed you can start switching to dubia roaches. Way easier to take care of than crickets and you can breed them. Then, it's figuring out how many your beardie will eat. Then I start doing mixed salads ;-) Mealworms, silkworms, waxworms(once a week if that as a single worm treat only), Butternut squash, Yellow squash, Spaghetti squash, Acorn squash, all other varieties of squash, Green beans, Parsnips, Sweet potato, Snow peas, and Dandelion greens, Collard greens, Mustard greens, Bok choy, Turnip greens, and Escarole.

Never ever citrus.........and sometimes your beardie just wont like something or reacts differently to them. My Marvin loved strawberries for most of his sub-adult years, and then around 1yrs old, wouldn't touch them anymore. Who knows why.

 

[snakefin]

The first 6-8 months, as many crickets as they want, twice a day. Limited kale and other greens (never iceberg lettuce or such...it's a waste)

After 8 months since they have a pretty good digestive tract developed you can start switching to dubia roaches. Way easier to take care of than crickets and you can breed them. Then, it's figuring out how many your beardie will eat. Then I start doing mixed salads ;-) Mealworms, silkworms, waxworms(once a week if that as a single worm treat only), Butternut squash, Yellow squash, Spaghetti squash, Acorn squash, all other varieties of squash, Green beans, Parsnips, Sweet potato, Snow peas, and Dandelion greens, Collard greens, Mustard greens, Bok choy, Turnip greens, and Escarole.

Never ever citrus.........and sometimes your beardie just wont like something or reacts differently to them. My Marvin loved strawberries for most of his sub-adult years, and then around 1yrs old, wouldn't touch them anymore. Who knows why.

We have a rather different produce market over here so I pretty much had to do up my own list of good Ca, low oxalate and low goitrogen vegetables, though it tends to be such that Ca is inversely related to goitrogen values, particularly in brassicas. Mine doesn't like fruits at all, with whatever I've tried so far. Generally, he hasn't been too fond of his salads either. Probably one cup max, which is generally a mix of wheatgrass, a brassica, and a non-goitrogenic vegetable. So in a month he generally takes about 9 types of vegetables before the sequence repeats itself in the next month. I hope that's variety enough.

 

[snakefin]

Any opinions on the weekly addition of acceptable herbs into the diet? I refer greatly to the nutritional value list on beautiful dragons, which seems to deem these herbs fair game.