Wow great video! This explains a lot about our bearded dragon we raised from a hatchling. She was raised on fresh salad/veggies daily, dusted with a little bee pollen, which she demolishes, and crickets daily (2x while she was very small) with calcium and multivitamin 2x a week. We’ve switched to roaches every other day now (she gets 8 that are about 1in long) since she’s old enough but she’s about 10 months old now and looks like she’s kinda chubby. She’s VERY food motivated, and we are trying to dial back the amount of bugs we give her because we are getting a little concerned about her weight. At feeding time we have started giving her one roach at a time because if we give them to her all at once, she hoarks them down like Cookie Monster and seems to not be full after eating a bunch of them. This really helps explain her behaviour and solves the mystery of why she is getting kinda chunky. Online guides say feed babies them how much they will eat in 10 mins. Maybe we did that a little longer than was necessary, but 10 mins is a long time to feed a lizard that is super food motivated lol we will make sure to keep slowing her down and hopefully she will start to be a little less chubby.
I have a leopard gecko who was powder fed calcium with D3 as a hatching, and as a baby, adolescent, and now year old nearly adult gecko, she's been fed Arcadia supplements, UVB, varied diet, with the bugs being gutloaded with fresh vegetables and sometimes calcium cricket feed. The results: She's a hair over 8 inches, was overweight and finally lost her baby weight, is very strong and wide with big organs, and weighs 78 grams. You could confuse her for a giant morph.
Great video. You're always teaching us. I love that. I dont have any reptiles, but I love learning about them. How are you holding up? I'm guessing these two cuties occupy your mind most of the time. I'm just thinking about you and hope you're doing ok.
It concerns me that the size difference could lead to bullying. Also the smaller one didn't eat much chicken. Personal taste or are they stuck being less hungry?
Great video. 🦎❤️ It's amazing the difference between the two. The larger monitor seems to be the alpha. It's fascinating to see the differences in their personality.
@@AlbertoArchundia1227Too much meat (such as chicken or turkey) and whole prey items can and often do lead to obesity and fatty-liver disease. Insects/invertebrates need to be the bulk of their diet. You’re correct!
Wow great video! This explains a lot about our bearded dragon we raised from a hatchling. She was raised on fresh salad/veggies daily, dusted with a little bee pollen, which she demolishes, and crickets daily (2x while she was very small) with calcium and multivitamin 2x a week. We’ve switched to roaches every other day now (she gets 8 that are about 1in long) since she’s old enough but she’s about 10 months old now and looks like she’s kinda chubby. She’s VERY food motivated, and we are trying to dial back the amount of bugs we give her because we are getting a little concerned about her weight. At feeding time we have started giving her one roach at a time because if we give them to her all at once, she hoarks them down like Cookie Monster and seems to not be full after eating a bunch of them. This really helps explain her behaviour and solves the mystery of why she is getting kinda chunky. Online guides say feed babies them how much they will eat in 10 mins. Maybe we did that a little longer than was necessary, but 10 mins is a long time to feed a lizard that is super food motivated lol we will make sure to keep slowing her down and hopefully she will start to be a little less chubby.
Good to seee them growing!
This was so interesting! ❤
I have a leopard gecko who was powder fed calcium with D3 as a hatching, and as a baby, adolescent, and now year old nearly adult gecko, she's been fed Arcadia supplements, UVB, varied diet, with the bugs being gutloaded with fresh vegetables and sometimes calcium cricket feed.
The results: She's a hair over 8 inches, was overweight and finally lost her baby weight, is very strong and wide with big organs, and weighs 78 grams. You could confuse her for a giant morph.
Great video. You're always teaching us. I love that. I dont have any reptiles, but I love learning about them. How are you holding up? I'm guessing these two cuties occupy your mind most of the time. I'm just thinking about you and hope you're doing ok.
im holding lol
Love these cuties!!! 🤗🥰
Me too!!
Great video as usual.
I appreciate that
It concerns me that the size difference could lead to bullying. Also the smaller one didn't eat much chicken. Personal taste or are they stuck being less hungry?
Great question, normally with lizards size doesn't lead to bullying. He is not a big chicken fan
Interesting video. Such a difference after 3 weeks...
I would be happy if my dragon would eat at all......
So cute. I wanted to help him wipe his face but think I might lose a finger or two doing that😊
nah its safe!
How much is your electric bill every month? Also what state are you in? Have solar panels?
Aww, precious little babies 🥰 Have you picked out names for these two yet?
Yes I have
Sunfyre and MoonShadow
@@Animal1Guy Oooh, great names! Can't wait to see more of them ☺
Is this their permanent enclosure? If so where are the multiple hides and plants/decor. They need far more enrichment.
Marty is both overfed and underfed.
Hi
Hello there ! 😊
Oh hi
Great video. 🦎❤️ It's amazing the difference between the two. The larger monitor seems to be the alpha. It's fascinating to see the differences in their personality.
Thanks for watching!
In order to be the alpha they have to assert their dominance. Not necessarily fight, just assert dominance.
@@Animal1Guy is it ok to powerfeed ur lizard?
Interesting video. I wonder if their sizes will become similar when the diet experiment is over
No spoilers but its over, and soon there will be a video on what happened with the sizes
Also their head size and shape is determined by their sex.
You can feed raw chicken to Savanah monitors?
Yea for every once in a while, their main diet should be insects tho. Eating too much meat can make them have too much fat when they’re bigger
Yes they can eat a lot of foods, you must manage their weight depending on what you feed though
@@Animal1Guy is my comment correct? What I said is what I’ve heard a lot of people say, still learning though with mine 😅
@@AlbertoArchundia1227Too much meat (such as chicken or turkey) and whole prey items can and often do lead to obesity and fatty-liver disease. Insects/invertebrates need to be the bulk of their diet. You’re correct!
@@Animal1Guy Can u feed them chicken feet?