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Bearded Dragon Diet Bearded Dragons must eat a variety of insects, fruits, and vegetables. Their diet must be varied and nutritionally balanced. 
Download a printable list of appropriate vegetables, fruits, and insects. (The information included has been collected and compiled from multiple web and magazine resources.) A good calcium rich balanced Veggie Salad Recipe for Bearded Dragons includes the following Certified -Organic Fresh produce: Collard Greens, Dandelion Greens, Arugula, Mustard Greens, grated Yam/Sweet Potato (not shown), grated Zucchini/Squash/Pumpkin (not shown) NOTE: White dust on salad is Calcium w/ D3 supplement.
 As a general recommendation, the insects provided should not be larger than the space between the dragon’s eyes. NOTE: This is not necessarily true during all periods of growth; however it is a good reference point, especially when the dragons are small. Do not feed crickets that are too large. It can be dangerous to the health of your dragon. Large prey may cause impactions or intestinal damage and could kill your dragon. Feces should contain fully digested crickets and vegetable matter, as well as a white section (urea).
NOTES: 1)
If you find large quantities of undigested crickets in the feces, then
the food is likely too large and/or your dragon is not warm enough. 2)
If you find that your dragon is not eating/defecating, try giving it
some water with a baby medicine dropper, give a 15-20 minute warm bath,
and make sure your temperatures are correct! See the Dragon FAQ's about how to give your dragon water, it may be dehydrated! |
Baby bearded dragons should eat up to 50 small crickets per day and a little bit of finely chopped vegetable salad. Limit the quantity of fruits fed to babies as it may cause diarrhea and/or dehydration. In the baby dragon feeding image (left) you see very finely chopped veggies with small crickets dumped on top, this is an excellent way to get your bearded dragons to eat more veggies! (This trick works for stubborn adults too!) In the salad only image (at the top of the page) you'll see more coarsely cut veggies for adult bearded dragons. As dragons get older they will eat less crickets (of a larger size) and more coarsely chopped vegetable salad. As adult dragons, they can be fed other insects, however crickets should be the staple insect because they are easy to digest (as long as the right size is fed) and they are easy to gutload therefore they can be quite nutritious (as long as they are obtained from a reliable source and are gut loaded properly prior to being fed to the dragons).
 NOTE: Kricket's Kritters does not recommend using and processed, manufactured, or freeze-dried Bearded Dragon foods, diets, or insects. They often contain sugar, dyes, preservatives, and other unnecessary and potentially harmful ingredients. (This note does NOT include supplements and vitamins such as calcium. Supplements such as calcium, vitamins, and minerals are crucial to the survival of captive reptiles!)
Kricket's Kritters also does NOT recommend using giant sized mealworms. Please visit Kricket's Kritters Mealworm Page to find out why. Bearded Dragon General Information Bearded Dragon Housing & Equipment Bearded Dragon Diet
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