Have you ever noticed how alive they look whenever they hear or see crickets? this gives them a purpose and it’s a shame to take that away for the sake of convenience. We have written a post here that shares the 17 best ways to keep your bearded dragons active and happy. Keeping your beardie mentally stimulated is vital to keep them both happy and healthy. If you only feed your bearded dragon pellets then you essentially take away a huge part of who they are and this can lead them to become bored and lacking mental stimulation that’s so important. This is a natural behaviour for them and one that keeps them mentally active. Now let’s look at 4 other potential concerns of feeding only pellets to your bearded dragon.īearded dragons are used to hunting and catching live insects in the wild. The US National Library Of Medicine did a study where they examined the stomach contents of 14 wild bearded dragons and found that their stomachs contained 61% insects and 16% plant matter and the remaining 23% consisting of various substances.Įven though the percentages of food are different from what they would consume in captivity, they still have a desire to hunt and consume nutrition from plants. What also needs noting is that only eating pellets isn’t natural for bearded dragons. Taking these things into consideration by renowned experts I think it’s safe to say you should think twice before feeding a diet consisting of only pellets. The final thing they noted was that feeding only pellets slowed down the breeding process. They also said their dragons gained too much weight which is both interesting and surprising.
The results were interesting as they reported difficulty in getting their dragons to eat the pellets even after a year. One of the experts and authors reported feeding their bearded dragons on only pellets for a whole year.
The reptile experts and vets that wrote the best selling ‘Bearded Dragon Manual’ that’s available on Amazon did an experiment with pellets. Even though bearded dragons can eat pellets with what appears to be no short term problems or side-effects this isn’t always the case over the long term.
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