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"Pet Bearded Dragon Care & Information (Pogona vitticeps)"

Bearded Dragon Grasshoppers

Bearded dragon grasshoppers (Bearded dragon locusts), although not a perfectly balanced feeder insect, makes interesting food for these animals. Because of their motility it seems like Bearded dragons enjoys hunting them. This makes them a perfect occasional snack for larger dragons.

Feeding Bearded Dragon Grasshoppers

Because of the hard exoskeleton of Bearded dragon grasshoppers should be avoided during the first few months of a dragon's life. Only large dragons will be able to crush them adequately. The legs of large grasshoppers should be removed (twist and pull) prior to live feeding to prevent possible injuries.

Bearded Dragon Grasshopper Availability

At the moment there are only a few countries that sells these items on a commercial base. Because of their high degree of motility, non-proliferous breeding nature, difficulty to feed and somewhat imbalanced composition (high percentage of indigestible chitin) they are probably going to stay that way.

Wild caught grasshoppers can be fed on an occasional basis. When catching Bearded dragon grasshoppers make sure that it is from an area which is pesticide free and feed them immediately to ensure a high nutritional value.

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