Baby dragon food

[bowdnboy]

Hey all, Ive currently got quite a few beardy eggs incubating. First clutch should hatch in about 3 weeks.

Ive recently split my feeder roach colony into 4 sizes - adults, sub adults(20-25mm), roaches at about 10mm, and babys (nearly born)

However, I dont have a great deal of the smaller ones - which is what I'm assuming the babys wil be on when they hatch.

Q. What is a good guide when choosing the right size roaches to feed the young. Will they start eating roaches upto the 10mm size after hatching or are they too big. If I buy some crix, should they be pin head size, or are small crix small enough???

Cheers
Colby

 

[Dave]

I'm feeding my few week olds on small crickets. Will be stocked up on the really small roaches from herpshop on Tuesday though.

 

[Wild~Touch]

Hi Colby
I found the most important thing with hatchling bearded dragons is to feed them SOFT BODIED INSECTS.

Lucky for us we live in a rural area and there was always free food, eg. termite nests...
just gather the tiny white termites being careful not to allow any of the big mumma & dadda termites in with the baby dragons
Cheers
Sandee

 

[Chris1]

the general size rule is that the insect should fit within the space between the dragons eyes.

 

[bowdnboy]

Thanks everyone

Having never really seen a baby hatchling dragon before - other than photos (although I know they are pretty small), whats is the approx distance between the eyes??? Would they eat 10mm roaches OK.

Cheers
Colby