australian water dragon

[nivek5225]

Hello,

I was wondering if australian water dragons can eat regular meat for their protein like a blue tongued skink instead of crickets/insects?

thanks

 

[shiftylarry]

I wouldn't they are highly insectivorous, especially young Australian water dragons.

 

[shiftylarry]

I have a blue tongue skink, by the way, and I have never fed anything other than whole bodied prey items. They are prone to obesity, and I think it's best to try to give them lean foods.

 

[DZLife]

I would like to second that statement on Blue-Tongued skinks. My Blue-Tongued skink was semi-obese, and I just couldn't seem to get her to thin down.

 

[Tails]

My blue tongue somehow manages to not want to be a fatty, lol. She prefers whole prey normally, but right now she doesn't seem to want anything but fruits :roll: As long as she's happy and healthy I suppose I'm ok with it. She'll start eating her f/t mice again when she wants them

 

[dicy]

i feed my youn waterdragon locusts crickets and dubia and sum vegys my addult cwd eat mostly inseckts and the ocasionly mice the aussie waterdragon addult i have eats 75 % inseckts 25% veggys

 

[Lexi]

Dicy.. My Aussie dragons are just babies still.. But mine wont eat anything else but crickets and mealworms... I know some Aussie's wont even touch fruit, and as for mine.they wont touch anything enless its moving....

 

[dicy]

yea sum take a while to get on veggys thats why most people give them veggys rigth from the egg even if they wont eat them they seem to get used to them faster also if u house more together and 1 eats it the others whill folow

 

[ThePHX]

Dicy.. My Aussie dragons are just babies still.. But mine wont eat anything else but crickets and mealworms... I know some Aussie's wont even touch fruit, and as for mine.they wont touch anything enless its moving....

i know this might be kinda stupid, but when i had that problem with one of my reps, i would wave it around in front of him, and then after a little bit he became interested, and now i just drop it in front of him and he goes after it...might work

 

[dicy]

i do that whit my male green waterdragon cuz if it doesnt move he doesnt eat it the only fruit veggy he eats is banana