Example Feeding Schedule for Juvenile Bearded Dragons
On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
7:00am
- Offer a 1/2 cup of chopped veggie mix sprinkled with calcium supplement
- Clean water bowl and replace with fresh, dechlorinated water
- Check terrarium for any feces and unconsumed food items as needed
Noon
- Offer 5 - 10 small small dubia roaches, or 3 - 4 horn worms, dusted with calcium supplement
- Check water bowl for any feces. Clean and replace with fresh, dechlorinated water, if needed
6:00pm
- First offer a 1/4 cup of chopped veggie mix sprinkled with calcium supplement
- Once the veggie mix is eaten, offer a couple wax worms (or butter worms, small horn worms, Phoenix worms) with calcium supplement
- Check water bowl for any feces. Clean and replace with fresh, dechlorinated water, if needed
Just Before You Go to Bed (Late Evening)
- Check terrarium for any feces and unconsumed food items as needed
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
7:00am
- Offer 10 - 15 small dubia roaches dusted with calcium supplement
- Clean water bowl and replace with fresh, dechlorinated water
- Check terrarium for any feces and unconsumed food items as needed
Noon
- Offer 3 - 4 horn worms, 5 - 10 appropriately-sized crickets dusted with calcium supplement
- Check water bowl for any feces. Clean and replace with fresh, dechlorinated water, if needed
6:00pm
- First offer a 3/4 cup of chopped veggie mix sprinkled with calcium supplement
- Once the veggie mix is eaten, offer a couple wax worms (or butter worms, small horn worms, Phoenix worms)
- Check water bowl for any feces. Clean and replace with fresh, dechlorinated water, if needed
Just Before You Go to Bed (Late Evening)
- Check terrarium for any feces and unconsumed food items as needed
On Sundays
- Sunday can be a free-for-all day where you mix and match the above examples. You could offer veggie first thing in the morning, or in the middle of the day. It’s up to you!
- Check terrarium for any feces and unconsumed food items as needed
- Check water bowl for any feces. Clean and replace with fresh, dechlorinated water, if needed
- Sprinkle one feeding with multivitamin supplement instead of calcium