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Bearded Dragon Gut Loading

Bearded Dragon Gut Loading

Bearded dragon supplementation can either be done via gut loading or so-called dusting or sprinkling. Gut loading refers to Bearded dragon food items and literally translates to loading the intestines with a highly nutritious food. Bearded dragon gut loading is done by feeding insects a highly palatable and nutritious diet prior to feeding. Insects are therefore the transport medium for these minerals. Nowadays it is recommended to feed insects gut loading foods for longer periods of time to improve their own body composition in addition to filling the intestines.

Gut loading food can be in the form of dry or fresh foods. The same greens which can be fed to Bearded dragons can also be fed to their insects. Dry gut loading foods can be in the form of various commercial or self-made Bearded dragon gut loading mixtures.

Cricket Gut Loading

Crickets are probably the most important insects you will feed to your Bearded dragon. Fortunately cricket gut loading is a simple process and is simply done by replacing their regular food with a high quality cricket gut loading food. Crickets should be gut loaded forty eight to twenty four hours prior to their offering to Bearded dragons.

Various commercial cricket gut load foods are also available from the internet or some specialized reptile pet shops.

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