How much does your Beardie cost per month for care?

[CA cowgirl]

I spend around 100 dollars a month on my 4 Bearded dragons. I have more that eat crickets but they get the bulk of them. My dubia colony is still growing.

This puts my live rodent weekly cost into perspective! My live rodent costs are less than $9/week. And once I get my racks tomorrow I think I'll be able to switch over the rest of the snakes to frozen... I think all thoughts of getting insect eaters are now again diffu$ed! I just hope I intercept these thoughts every time...

[MTovar]

If you start them very young on pellets, beardies are not as expensive to keep. After a couple weeks on pinheads I used to take a thin wire and push pellets along to stimulate feeding. They all go to pellets in no time and you can mix dusted greens. Nice fat healthy dragon and less money to feed. Just takes a bit of work at first, but it is worth it in the end.

Mark

[MTovar]

I couldnt figure out how to edit the post above after i posted it. I would actually not get pinheads for hatchlings. I just kept dendros as well so I bought ALOT of pinheads. I would however recommend the 1/8ers. I found smaller crickets for new hatchlings created less picky eaters. It is more expensive up front, but none of my dragons ended up eating crickets. Repcal pellets and greens was thge diet I used.

[allergenic]

I have a huge dubia colony, and use self-sustaining soil for substrate. All I spend money on is greens, a head every 2 weeks. So it costs me roughly $3.00/mo to keep my bearded dragon.

The only other cost is $20 every 6 months for a new UVB bulb.

[Crazy4Herps]

When I first got my sweetheart, I spent a couple of thousand dollars on vet bills. Poor Budo. Ever since I've spent roughly $30 per month on liquid calcium. Other than buying greens during the winter and replacing the MegaRay yearly, I don't spend much on Budo. Have a dubia colony, love it!

[PurplePython]

anyone have a website where I cna buy like a starter package of a dubia colony? I currently own a tarantula and I want a bearded dragon but Id rather start up my dubia colony before I even think of buying a bearded dragon lol.

[Crazy4Herps]

anyone have a website where I cna buy like a starter package of a dubia colony? I currently own a tarantula and I want a bearded dragon but Id rather start up my dubia colony before I even think of buying a bearded dragon lol.

The Roach Guy (http://theroachguy.com/) is your best bet. Great customer service, great roaches, great prices. I mean, you're not going to find healthy roaches for cheap. Originally they're pretty pricey but it seriously pays off in the long run to breed your own feeders, even if it's just for a beardie and a tarantula.

That's a good idea. You'll want to give the colony at least a few months to establish before starting to feed them off.