are pinkies ok????

[elevatethis]

Definitely messy...I've seen beardeds chomp a pinkie in half, eat one half, then go back and grab the other...not sure how I feel about that, and since pinkies aren't really necessary to their diet, I just don't see the need...

[Pork Chops N' Corn Bread]

They swallow them whole with a little chew like they would a cricket or roach.

[Herpfreak]

yea i feed one to my beardie once every other month and he lovess them.......you just have to be careful not to feed them to them too often becasue of risking them getting fatty liver disease....

[BALLISTIC BOAS]

yes yes yes. they are awesome. i feed my adult females one a week when they are gravid. and all the others get one every other week.

i would go as far as to say for large beardies i would go with hoppers as all pinkies are is little butter balls of fat. but hoppers have a lot more vitamins and protine.

[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]

yum yum yum

[box]

Mine just love pinkies, and they don't care if are f/t; as soon as they see me holding pinkies they came and grab them from my hands.
I give 1 pinkie a month each beardie, and sometimes I give them some raw turkey brest that they also like to integrate/vary the crickets and veggies diet