Bearded Dragon | Reptile Products | Meal Worms
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Many people
wonder on what is the right diet for their beloved pet bearded dragon and if
they can feed the bearded dragon meal worms instead of crickets. People run
around more than a few pet shops asking these questions and all of them reply
with a positive stating that feeding meal worms and greens is no problem for a
bearded dragon. However, the truth is no, you cannot use mealworms instead of crickets.
Mealworms are too hard for bearded dragons to digest and cause impaction which
causes death for a bearded dragon. You have to feed crickets, not mealworms to
your beloved bearded dragon. Of course, a pet shop employee would tell you to
buy mealworms since they are told to tell the customer whatever they have to,
to get them to buy something.
If you keep the
crickets in a cage with a secure lid like a "cricket keeper" then
they won't be able to escape. The best way to have crickets is to keep nearly 1000
crickets in a sterilised container with no lid, and they don't escape. If you
have a family member or a friend who is scared of these moths then you may want
to keep the crickets in a different room until you need them. One other thing
that may be helpful for your bearded dragon is eating "maggots". Now
these are nothing else but wax worms, which look like maggots. But do bear in
mind that these cannot be fed as a staple diet to the bearded dragon but they
are only supposed to be an occasional treat. Wax worms are the candy of the
reptile world, and are all fat, with no nutritional value. With all that said,
crickets are your best bet if you want a healthy pet.
You can however
feed your bearded dragon with meal worms but not as a substitute for crickets.
Crickets need to be fed to the bearded dragon as they provide the platform for
your bearded dragon’s stable diet along with greens. Meal worms can cause a few
problems and make your bearded dragon go overweight if fed too often. Also the
outer shell of meal worms
called chitin is very hard to digest and could cause impaction if too many are
fed together to your beloved pet - the bearded dragon. Always remember to have
crickets as the best and the most apt meal for your pet.
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