She finally broke us.....

Daughter has been wanting a beardie for about 2 years. I kept telling her no, we have enough to take care of. They are so darn cute though, its been tough saying no. Well, she has been proving herself taking care of the animals she is supposed to on her own. So today we adopted this little guy. He is missing the tip of his tail, supposedly from siblings. He is sweet as can be. He seems to have a lot of orange in him, more so than a "normal" beardie. So far, he seems more interested in crickets than his greens though...... Gotta love that little inquisitive beardie face.........http://img.tapatalk.com/aee9867f-713a-0ea1.jpghttp://img.tapatalk.com/aee9867f-7153-189d.jpg


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Cute! Congrats on your new beardie!

he's a cutie!
he will like the crickets more until he is about 18 months of age, then it flips had he will want more greens. watch him eat some phoenix worms, my bd goes crazy for them, and she loves her dubia roaches 100x better than crickets(plus their more fulling for them, and better nutrition).

You will quickly fall in love I promise :)
And yeah when they're little, they're like little kids, they don't eat their veggies :P

Gorgeous little beardie :)

I have seen where some people have had a hard time getting them on more greens. They told us he was about 5-6 months old. Will have to try dubia's, how many would you offer at a time? I will keep offering greens. I did read that once they were adults, they would go to about a 50% diet of greens.

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You will quickly fall in love I promise :)

And yeah when they're little, they're like little kids, they don't eat their veggies

Gorgeous little beardie :)

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Lol, too bad they weren't like my kid, she has loved veggies from day one....:). That was part of her arguement for getting one, that he ate veggies and she could just share hers with him. :D

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I have seen where some people have had a hard time getting them on more greens. They told us he was about 5-6 months old. Will have to try dubia's, how many would you offer at a time? I will keep offering greens. I did read that once they were adults, they would go to about a 50% diet of greens.

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I've never fed dubias before, I have only fed crickets. But some beardies are different when it comes to veggies. For example mine, will not eat fresh veggies from the grocery store like normal beardies. He only eats the freeze dried veggie/worm mix that you mix with water. He's strange lol you could give that a shot, but you'll notice it eating more and more veggies as it gets older.

dubia are 100000x easier than crickets. they don't bite, don't smell, don't do good in cold weather, and no noise!. i offer mine in a plastic dish about 1.5 inches deep, my bd runs over and eats as many as she can at 8-9 am, then comes back for the rest around 3-4pm. dubia are easy to breed, heat pad, 1.5 ratio for adults, some oranges, and some roach food, water crystals, some egg carts, and in like 2-3 months you will have 100s of babies to feed your bd.(no more paying for insects)
offer as many as she will eat just like crickets, but the best part is put them in a dish and they will not leave the dish(not good climbers on plastic). so there is no need to take them out while you are at work or w.e, because even if she flips the dish, they don't bite.

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dubia are 100000x easier than crickets. they don't bite, don't smell, don't do good in cold weather, and no noise!. i offer mine in a plastic dish about 1.5 inches deep, my bd runs over and eats as many as she can at 8-9 am, then comes back for the rest around 3-4pm. dubia are easy to breed, heat pad, 1.5 ratio for adults, some oranges, and some roach food, water crystals, some egg carts, and in like 2-3 months you will have 100s of babies to feed your bd.(no more paying for insects)
offer as many as she will eat just like crickets, but the best part is put them in a dish and they will not leave the dish(not good climbers on plastic). so there is no need to take them out while you are at work or w.e, because even if she flips the dish, they don't bite.

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I did not know this!!!! I've never had any experience with dubia's, ill have to look into it!!

the worst part about dubia's are, they are roaches. i still live with my parents as i am still in school. and one day i order them to try to see if my bd liked them, and my mom was home and saw the package said roaches on it. got a call at work, she was flipping out thinking they were going to take over the house after i showed her them and told her they need heat other wise they don't grow, and they like sweet foods she realized they are not they roaches people think of when they hear roaches. i like them so much i told my old coworker(who is also my herp vet/regualr vet) to try them and now he uses them for his animals and loves them. if you have not tried dubia roaches for you insect feeding animals, and are still using crickets MAKE THE SWITCH!.
I use to get mine from buydubiaroaches and dubideli, before my colony started growing, if you lived on Long island i would give you some to see if your bd likes them.