Bearded Dragon Supplies, Facts, & Habitats

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Super worms are very easy to breed. There are a couple things you will need though. Get a tackle box to keep your super worms separated or they will not turn into a beetle.
Don’t worry about food. Super worms come with food. You will need 2 little bins, then you put the beetles in 1 then in 5 to 7 day take out the beetles and put them in the other bin. Then you will start to see baby super worms. In 2 months they will be ready to feed to your bearded dragon.

Here is a video showing how one trains young bearded dragons to get used to eating lettuce or veggies.

From the YouTube page:

Many Bearded Dragon’s native habitats are dry and sparsely vegetated, so food may often be difficult to find. As a result, Bearded Dragons are omnivorous, capable of subsisting on a wide variety of food sources, including both insects and vegetable food. A typical diet for captive Bearded Dragons includes leafy greens and vegetables, and regular meals of feeder insects. Their stomachs are large enough to accommodate large quantities of food. Young Bearded Dragons do not eat as much vegetation as their adult counterparts. As a Bearded Dragon ages it may be persuaded to eat less animal matter and more plants, maybe levelling off at around an 80% plant and 20% animal Popular feeder insects include Superworms, crickets, roaches, locusts, silkworms, hornworms, butterworms, and phoenix worms. The mealworm has a fairly hard chitin (exoskeleton) and is generally low in the “meat to chitin” ratio, as well as having a poor calcium/phosphorus ratio, making it far less nutritious than other feeder insects. Chitin is hard enough that large amounts of it can cause impaction in the Bearded Dragon’s digestion system, and can lead to death, especially in younger and smaller animals. Waxworms and superworms can be given as a treat, but sparingly as in most cases as they are extremely fatty, and in some cases very addictive, although they can be useful in building-up an undernourished individual. The rule of thumb on feeder insects is that the food fed to the animal must not be larger than the space between the eyes; feeding something larger could make it hard for the animal to swallow the food and can lead to the aforementioned fatal impaction.

Here is a video showing how adult bearded dragons can eat pink mice. Not for the overly sensitive mind you.