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Adult Bearded Dragon Feeding Schedule

Welcome to Part 9 of the Bearded Dragon Care Sheet: Adult Bearded Dragon Example Feeding Schedule!

Adult Bearded Dragon Feeding Schedule

It is very important to establish a routine feeding schedule for your bearded dragon – and yourself. This will help to train your bearded dragon to know when it’s feeding time, and help to get you into the routine of daily multiple feedings.

It’s best to begin establishing feeding routines as soon as you get your bearded dragon, so let’s continue with the adult bearded dragon feeding schedule.

Example Adult Bearded Dragon Feeding Schedule

On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays
7:00am
  • Offer a 1 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 3 -5 appropriately-sized dubia roaches, or 2 – 3 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 1/2 cup – 1 cup of chopped veggie mix sprinkled with calcium supplement
  • Once the veggie mix is eaten, offer 5 – 15 appropriately-sized crickets dusted 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

Staple Insects For Bearded Dragons

Dubia Roaches
Dubia Roches
Crickets
Crickets
Goliath Worms
Hornworms
On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
7:00am
  • Offer 3 -5 appropriately-sized dubia roaches, or 2 – 3 horn worms, 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 a 1 cup of chopped veggie mix sprinkled with calcium supplement
  • Check water bowl for any feces. Clean and replace with fresh, dechlorinated water, if needed
6:00pm
  • First offer a 1/2 cup – 1 cup of chopped veggie mix sprinkled with calcium supplement
  • Once the veggie mix is eaten, offer 5 – 15 appropriately-sized crickets dusted 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

Helpful Links

  • Detailed Articles on Bearded Dragon Diet & Nutrition
  • The Best Foods for a Bearded Dragon
  • 6 Foods to Avoid Feeding a Bearded Dragon
  • Vitamins and Minerals for a Bearded Dragon
  • Providing Water for a Bearded Dragon

Feeding Your Bearded Dragon

Feeding Dish
Feeding Dish
Exo Terra Feeding Rock
Cricket Feeding Rock
Exo Terra Bamboo Tongs
Exo Terra Bamboo Feeding Tongs
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!
  • Treat foods, such as butter worms, wax worms and Phoenix worms, can be offered a couple times throughout the day
  • 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
Remember, this is an example and can be modified to fit your schedule.

Read Next: Part 10

Common Health Issues of Bearded Dragons

Common Health Issues of Bearded Dragons


Previous: Part 8

Juvenile Bearded Dragon Feeding Schedule

Juvenile Bearded Dragon Feeding Schedule

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