The care sheets
Feeding guides
Straight answers for reptile keepers. What to feed, what size, how many, and how to keep feeders alive until they are eaten. Every fact names its source, from veterinary references and published studies.
- What size dubia roaches for a bearded dragon, and how manyWhat size dubia roaches to feed a bearded dragon at every age, how many per feeding and how often. A size by age chart, plus leopard geckos.
- Best feeder insects for bearded dragonsWhich insects make the best staple for a bearded dragon, which are treats, and how much to feed by age. With a nutrition table for eight common feeders.
- Best feeder insects for leopard geckosWhat to feed a leopard gecko: the best staple insects, the right feeder size, how many and how often by age, and how often waxworms are safe.
- Dubia roaches vs cricketsDubia roaches and crickets compared on nutrition, smell, noise, escapes, shelf life and cost, and the cases where crickets are still the better pick.
- How to gut load feeder insectsWhat gut loading does and does not do, how long to gut load before feeding, what to feed dubia roaches, and why you still dust with calcium.
- Black soldier fly larvae for reptilesWhy black soldier fly larvae are high in calcium, whether reptiles can use it, how many to feed, and how to store BSFL so they do not turn into flies.
- Dubia roach care for keepers who feed them outHow to hold dubia roaches between feedings: the bin, temperature, water, food and cleaning, based on published research on the species.
- Feeder questions, answeredAnswers to common questions about live feeder insects: what to do when they arrive, how to store waxworms and BSFL, dubia sizes and subscriptions.
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