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*Everything you give your beardie should be the width between their eyes*

Hatchling Diet

Feed hatchlings:
10-15 crickets per serving (let them eat as much as they can, after 10 minutes take out the remaining crickets), 3x a day

Offer greens to them every 3 days.

(Do not give Mealworms, the outer shell is too hard to digest) (Waxworms are good for baby beardies, they contain fat for proper growth. give as a treat)

Juvenile Diet

Feed Juveniles:
10 crickets once a day

Offer greens everyday along with Rep-Cal® Juvenile Bearded Dragon Food.

(Be careful about the Mealworms, the outer shell might be still too hard to digest) give waxworms as a treat

Adult Diet

Feed Adults:
10 crickets 4x a week

( 40 crickets a week)

Offer greens everyday along with Rep-Cal® Adult Bearded Dragon Food.

(Mealworms are now save to digest, but should only be a treat for an adult, mealworms are fatty) No waxworms

Calcium and Vitamin Dust

[Dusting Crickets]

When it comes to dusting crickets give….
#Adults- 2 times a week
#Juveniles- every 2 days
#Hatchlings- everyday (once in the morning)

To dust crickets:

• Take a Zip Lock bag
• Put 2 Tsp of Rep-Cal calcium dust into Zip Lock bag
• Dump crickets into bag of calcium dust
• Close the bag
• Shake
• Then feed crix to beardie!

~Use Rep-Cal® Calcium and Vitamin Dust to dust crickets~

MBD

MBD (Metabolic Bone Disease) is a very serious thing. This happens when a reptile does not get enough calcium that it needs for proper growth development. It weakens the bones and it can cause some major problems. MBD can be easily prevented by giving your herp calcium dust and a UVB light as well. A sure sign that your beardie has MBD is when your beardie starts to shake his or her legs, becomes weak, slow growth, deformations/abnormalities. In more serious MBD cases, it will cause death.

For more info on MBD click here

Insects	Veggies	Flowers
Crickets	Apples (occasional)	Rose petals
Mealworms	Carrots (give only 2x a week) no canned	Pansies
Waxworms	Collard greens (Staple)	Impatiens
Superworms	Clovers (occasional / treat) ( Make sure that the clovers don't have any Lawn chemicals) If you are not sure don't take the chance!	Day Lilies
Pinkies (baby mice) good source for calcium	Dandelion Leaves (with flowers or without flowers) Staple	Petunia
	Frozen Peas (occasional)	Geranium
	Kale (occasional)	Lavender
¾ of a dragon's diet should be protein such as insects. -said by a veterinarian-	Mango (give 2x a week)	Carnations
	Mustard greens (Staple)
	Papaya (no skin)
	Peaches (optional skin)
	Raspberries (give only 3x a week)
	Red Bell Peppers (occasional)
DO NOT feed FireFlies to your beardie they are deadly.	Romaine Lettuce (rich, dark green leaves only)
	Strawberries (occasional) 2-3x a week
	Summer yellow squash (occasional)
	Turnip greens (Staple)
If your beardie has a sensitive stomach and cannot consume Rep-Cal Bearded Dragon Food, try offering Zoo-Med Bearded Dragon Food. If you need more info: Email us!	DO NOT give a beardie any strong citrus fruits! ex. oranges, grapefruit, lemon, lime, etc.	**High phosphorous levels** can be bad for beardies.

Helpful Tips

Water

Water is very important. Keep a water dish in a beardies enclosure at all times. Clean it out every day, as waste materials tend to go in the water dish. (make sure that a baby beardie doesn't have a too deep water dish)

Is Your Beardie refusing to drink water?

A trick that you could do is, while your beardie is getting soaked, drip water down their nose. And the tend to start licking the drops. Another way is to make a little puddle on a clean flat surface (like a desk or a table) and usually a beardie will see the puddle and dive for it and start to drink. A good little trick that works for all aged beardies is if you have a water dish or a little pool of CLEAN water, you can drop some crickets in the water and the beardie will collect some water will it is licking' up that cricket.

Baby beardie not eating greens?

If your baby beardie isn't eating greens, try putting some waxworms underneath a pile of greens. (anything that moves catches a beardie's eye) Or try offering greens in the morning before they have crickets, that way they are hungry and have no choice but to eat the greens. (if that doesn't work, just offer greens, and in mid afternoon give them crickets if they don't eat the greens) Another good thing that helps is if you try to hand feed a little peaces of greens in your hands, and see if the eat it that way.