are pinkies ok????

[lovecraft]

can beardies eat pinkies?? i was told about someones beardie eating pinky mice i was wondering if this is ok or not?my beardie is somewhere around 7 years old maybe older and he is rather large.i was wanting to try feeding him one but i'm not sure.

[Jeanne]

Pinkies are NOT a good source of food all the time, they are just too fatty for dragons.

But pinkies make a nice treat every now and again...... there are less benefits to feeding pinkies to dragons on a regular basis, so I myself only do it every once in awhile. Maybe once every few months...

[lovecraft]

ahhh cool, i have only had my beardie for a few months or so....he loves his worms and crickets, i want to introduce some more variety outside his daily greens and berries.

[recycling goddess]

pinks are good for gravid females too... but not in large qty.

congrats on your beardie!!!

[JLC]

I have a question about this topic. Is it ummm....gross...when they eat a pinky? Does it leave blood on the substrate or anything? I'd rather have my rodents eaten whole...lol. And would you feed a beardie a LIVE pink? Or only f/t?

[jcaustralia]

i have not noticed that. it is more the crunching sound i dislike.

[BALLISTIC BOAS]

I have a question about this topic. Is it ummm....gross...when they eat a pinky? Does it leave blood on the substrate or anything? I'd rather have my rodents eaten whole...lol. And would you feed a beardie a LIVE pink? Or only f/t?

they usually wont eat f/t they like to chase them down. as they are stinulated by movement. mine usually just swallow them hole.

[BALLISTIC BOAS]

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