Crickets Eating Bearded Dragon. When feeding young bearded dragons you have to be careful to choose a cricket that is smaller than the width between the beardie s eyes. If a beardie is not eating correctly or will not accept some food it creates a lot of concern and there is much confusion as to why this is happening.
The cricket feeding rock is a splendid way to easily feed your bearded dragon crickets in a convenient non messy fashion. If a beardie is not eating correctly or will not accept some food it creates a lot of concern and there is much confusion as to why this is happening. My 2 year old bearded dragon eating live crickets.
The number of crickets to feed baby beardies is what they can finish in 10 15 minutes.
Remember adult dragons will eat a diet of roughly 80 greens to 20 protein so just nicely ease your dragon into this. Crickets that are allowed to roam about the terrarium can crawl on top of your bearded dragon and cause it stress. Baby bearded dragons should eat feeder insects such as crickets grasshoppers or roaches 3 5 times a day since they account for 80 of their diet. Although your dragon may appear to have stopped growing before the 18 month mark they are not a true adult nor sexually mature until the time.
