Bearded Dragons will eat mostly insects if you let them. This, however, is not the best thing for them. The number one best thing you can do for a juvenile or baby Beardie is to make them eat their veggies every day BEFORE you put in the live insects. When they are really hungry they will eat the greens and other veggies. If you should feed the insects first they will surely fill up on them and eat hardly any vegetable material. Actually many Dragons relish their greens.

• Collard greens
• Turnip greens
• Dandelion greens
• Mustard greens
• Escarole
• Chicory

NEVER feed your Dragon iceberg or head lettuce! It is mostly water and has nearly no nutrients. Romaine lettuce can be used occasionally in a pinch but should not be a main source of food.

The "mix" portion generally contains some or all of the list below finely minced (in the food processor):

• Butternut squash (winter squash)
• Yellow squash (summer squash)
• Various other squashes including acorn, buttercup, etc.
• Green beans
• Carrots
• Parsnips
• Sweet potato

When you bring crickets or superworms (aka King Worms) home it is important to feed them something good before they are fed to your Dragons or to any lizard for that matter. "You are what you eat" holds true for reptiles too! Check out my cricket care document for details. I don't have my own superworm care guide yet but here are some basic requirements:

• Keep superworms on oatmeal, dry chicken mash or better yet, **Cricketfood.com's Superworm Bedding.
• Ventilation is key. I use a 10 gallon tank with a screen lid.
• Don't refrigerate them. Room temperature is fine.
• Feed them greens, carrots, squash.
• Clean up spoiled food quickly or mold will take over.
• Humidity is the enemy. Keep them DRY.

There are other insects you can feed your dragons. Waxworms, regular mealworms (Tenebrio molitor), silworms, Trevo Worms (Butter worms), even various cockroach species if you are so inclined.

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