Hi there,
This weekend I got my first reptile, a central bearded dragon. Now he (or hell possibly she) is only 2 weeks old and I foolishly trusted the breeder and chose this as the one bit of information not to google beforehand. So I know this is too young to be safely relocated, now, but nothing to do about it at this point.
Anyway, I've had him for two days now and this evening I've managed to get him to feed for the first time. He ate about 6 small, dusted crickets and a few bean sprout leaves. Great! The thing I have no idea if this is enough for a feeding. Every guide says "Whatever they can eat in 10-15 minutes". That's not really helpful. Because if he only eats 1 thing and then refuses more he's obviously not getting enough.... He's not actively 'hunting' the crickets, but took a couple from my hand and then the rest by putting them all in the little container I brought him home in so they couldn't escape. But even then he left 2 in there that I removed.
So my question is, is this enough for a feeding, or should he (in optimal, relocation-stress free conditions) be eating more?
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I just realised this maybe should have gone in Herp Help. Sorry about that.
This weekend I got my first reptile, a central bearded dragon. Now he (or hell possibly she) is only 2 weeks old and I foolishly trusted the breeder and chose this as the one bit of information not to google beforehand. So I know this is too young to be safely relocated, now, but nothing to do about it at this point.
Anyway, I've had him for two days now and this evening I've managed to get him to feed for the first time. He ate about 6 small, dusted crickets and a few bean sprout leaves. Great! The thing I have no idea if this is enough for a feeding. Every guide says "Whatever they can eat in 10-15 minutes". That's not really helpful. Because if he only eats 1 thing and then refuses more he's obviously not getting enough.... He's not actively 'hunting' the crickets, but took a couple from my hand and then the rest by putting them all in the little container I brought him home in so they couldn't escape. But even then he left 2 in there that I removed.
So my question is, is this enough for a feeding, or should he (in optimal, relocation-stress free conditions) be eating more?
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I just realised this maybe should have gone in Herp Help. Sorry about that.