Star_Cameron
Not so new Member
Hello,
It's that time of year when there are a tonne of Christmas beetles around, I'm not sure if people might know them by another name. But I'm wondering if they are a natural food for beardies in the wild?
I wouldn't consider feeding them to my beardie, since they are wild and probably full of poison, and they also seem like they would be quite 'chitin-y'. But a couple of times one of them has flown into my house and started smashing into my beardies tank because of the lights. My beardie just goes nuts for it, charges towards it and tries to eat it through the glass. The only other 'food' that gets close to this reaction is mealworms. I'll have to film it next time, it's pretty full on how much he wants to eat them.
Any thoughts?
It's that time of year when there are a tonne of Christmas beetles around, I'm not sure if people might know them by another name. But I'm wondering if they are a natural food for beardies in the wild?
I wouldn't consider feeding them to my beardie, since they are wild and probably full of poison, and they also seem like they would be quite 'chitin-y'. But a couple of times one of them has flown into my house and started smashing into my beardies tank because of the lights. My beardie just goes nuts for it, charges towards it and tries to eat it through the glass. The only other 'food' that gets close to this reaction is mealworms. I'll have to film it next time, it's pretty full on how much he wants to eat them.
Any thoughts?