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Is it possible to have a reptile delivered?
Delivery can be arranged & is charged at 65p per mile loaded journey. If you wish to use your own courier this is also an option but must be a same day service and must have a animal transportation certificate.
Is it possible to secure a reptile until I can collect?
A deposit of £10 is required to secure any reptile for collection.
Are meal worms safe to feed dragons?
The problem with meal worms is the same with any insect who is hungry & thirsty, They seek food and moisture. Any insect including locusts will nibble on your reptile if hungry or thirsty. Meal worms are well known for killing reptiles because in most cases the worm was hungry & thirsty, had escaped from the bowl and wandered the viv for days. Theses worms can stand almost upright & can climb the smoothest of surfaces with the smallest of blemishes or dirt for grip and escape deep bowls very easy. Another issue is that not many breeders or shops like to use them so when the dragon gets older the instinct of how to eat the worms is lost and your dragon needs to learn from scratch. All newly hatched babies know the worms can pose a threat and will be cautious in how they pick them up and position them so to bite down on the heads and chew them plenty. Inexperienced older dragons can sometimes swallow the worms whole barely chewing them thus putting them at risk of being bitten inside . These worms will drown in fluid and even if alive in the stomach would turn to other foods in there before eating the dragon. The best way to feed these worms is in the morning or afternoon with veg available to your dragon and plenty of basking time to digest them. In my opinion where reptiles have been killed by worms the key cause has been hungry, thirsty free roaming worms or inexperience & a poor feeding regime.
My dragon will only eat meal worms! Is this enough to sustain it?
Yes, provided the worms are well fed dragons can live very well on them as an only live food. As little as 10 a day would sustain a fully grown dragon providing it is free from internal parasites & generally healthy. Breeding females would require much more than this and should eat crickets with no issues as there insatiable appetite will drive them to any food available. Billy our male breeder refuses to eat any live food other than worms and has lived a long healthy active life with no problems due to it. Spike still eats a few crickets but much prefers worms & locusts. Again your live foods must be well fed. The better fed the food the better fed your dragon.
What should I feed my insects?
There are many insect foods in the market but I find not all insects like them. The best I have found is one produced & used by insect breeders called Pro Grub & is eaten by worms, crickets & locusts. Also you need to provide some moisture. There are products like solid water gel but this is purely water and no nutrients. The best recommendation is to provide a root veg like carrot, potato or swede then the nutrients from these will pass to you reptile.
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