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15-Feb-07, 06:19 PM
|  | Mrs Greebo (almost) Subscriber | Join Date: Sep-06 Location: Wagga Wagga, NSW Age/Gender: 31  | | | Feeding Times For Dragons
Hey all,
Was just wondering what time of the day you all find that your dragons (beardies and water(ies) tend to eat more. Mine have their crickets in the morning and then (I think) graze on their vege's sometime during the day. I'm trying to work out the best time of day to offer the vege's in order to keep it as fresh as possible.
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15-Feb-07, 06:24 PM
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hey, mine eat usualy in the morning or afternoon. i dont like to offer then food in the middle of the day when it is extremely hot and i wont offer food at night when its cool as they wont have a chance to digest properly
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15-Feb-07, 06:31 PM
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thats rly kool |
15-Feb-07, 08:58 PM
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Yeah normally let the enclosure heat up a bit for about an hour or so then whack some woodies in the fridge for about 10 minutes so they appear dead then put them in beardies enclosure and he just picks them off once they start to move off. Same when I get home from work.
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15-Feb-07, 09:02 PM
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i feed mine at around 9-10pm
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15-Feb-07, 09:06 PM
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Vegies go in in the morning and crix and woodies around 9pm
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16-Feb-07, 07:52 AM
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i feed vegies first then crix and woodies.
vegies at 7 am and then crix ect about 10ish every 2nd day
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16-Feb-07, 08:37 AM
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Jacquie, mine have their set routine (and I think are about the same age as yours, around 3 months?) Their lights come on around 7, I give them an hour or so to wake up etc. I then feed them at 8 (woodies or crix) I take them out to feed though, I dont just throw the food in there. After they have eaten I usually put some beardie pellets in (which dont seem to get touched, but I keep trying) and they stay in there all day. I get home from work about 5.10, and they get another feed of woodies then, then about 7-8 I take the pellets out and put some veggies in for the night (they seem to like their veggies before bed...) then their lights go out around 9.
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16-Feb-07, 08:49 AM
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dragoness
my eardies wont touch the pellets either so i feed them to my crix (they loveem and the litlle pale crix change colour to the colour of the pellets lol) then i feeds the crix to the beardies
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16-Feb-07, 12:35 PM
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Hey Cans, thats great, I hadnt thought of that, thanks!
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17-Feb-07, 12:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Dragoness  Jacquie, mine have their set routine (and I think are about the same age as yours, around 3 months?) Their lights come on around 7, I give them an hour or so to wake up etc. I then feed them at 8 (woodies or crix) I take them out to feed though, I dont just throw the food in there. After they have eaten I usually put some beardie pellets in (which dont seem to get touched, but I keep trying) and they stay in there all day. I get home from work about 5.10, and they get another feed of woodies then, then about 7-8 I take the pellets out and put some veggies in for the night (they seem to like their veggies before bed...) then their lights go out around 9.
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LOL Dragoness, that's pretty much the same as what I do....lights on at 7 and off at 9. Same feeding methods and mine is around 10-11 weeks. Seems to be doing fine. A little stubborn with the veggies though - have been giving it a mix of grape, strawberry, watermelon, green beans, dandelion greens, mustard greens, shredded carrot. If it cant find something nice out that lot I give up.......*jokes*.
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17-Feb-07, 01:11 PM
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My beardies just love the hybiscus flowers, the bright orange seem to be their favorite - I must admit though they're yearlings already - - and it took a long time of offering and removing uneaten veges, salads and fruits before they'd eat it...
Now I buy the 'homebrand' frozen vege mix (it's got peas, beans, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli and all cut to a good size) Just defrost in warm water, strain and serve... and if you're after another 'alternative food' I mix a few spoons of tin dog food into the frozen vege (it helps stop the peas from flying all over the floor too).
The beardies get that one day and fresh greens, fruits and flowers the next and they just love it -I also feed crix and woodies about once/twice a week.
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17-Feb-07, 02:19 PM
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Depends when you have the light on for them and heat. We have our on 10 am till 12 midnight. So first feed about midday and then at about 9pm with vegies in there daily.
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