this site<\/a>, it should be about 2:1, in favor of calcium. The reason for this is simple, the phosphorous reduces how much calcium can be absorbed by your Beardie. Hence, the reason why you need to maintain this ratio, are you with me?<\/p>\nShould your Beardie eat apricots?<\/h2>\n Now that you know the benefits and risks of apricots you may still be searching for a more definitive answer if you should be feeding apricots to your Beardie. If that’s the case, keep reading while I explain.<\/p>\n
Yes, you can feed your Bearded Dragon apricots<\/strong>. But, understand one thing, they are not regarded as a staple. Meaning, they should be seen as a treat, rather than part of his daily diet, are you with me?<\/p>\nFruits should represent a small part of your Beardies Diet<\/h3>\n Also, regarding fruits in general, they are needed and offer some key vitamins and minerals. But, they should represent a small part of your Beardies diet.<\/p>\n
Ideally, an adult Beardie will consume approx 80% fruit\/veg, and yes, that sounds a lot. But, out of that 80%, only 10% is expected to be fruit, are you with me? So, vegetables play a bigger role in their diet.<\/p>\n
What about your Baby Bearded Dragon?<\/h2>\n Now that you know that an Adult Beardie should consume 80% fruit & veg. you may assume that this is the case for your baby Beardie, right? Well, if that’s the case, keep reading because you may be surprised.<\/p>\n
Yes, baby Beardies can consume apricots<\/strong>. But, The reality is baby Beardies will consume even less fruit than an adult Beardie. Why? Well, a baby Beardie will eat more insects than fruit\/veg, as opposed to the adult.<\/p>\nAnd, within that small percentage of fruit\/veg consumption, fruit should represent the smallest portion. So, my point is, apricots should only ever represent a small portion of their diet.<\/p>\n
How do you prepare apricots for your Bearded Dragon?<\/h2>\n So, by now you should understand how apricots should fit into your Beardies diet. But, if you want to give them to your Beardie, how do you prepare them for him? Keep reading to learn more.<\/p>\n
Choosing the right apricots<\/h3>\n When you are choosing apricots, you need to focus on fresh ones only. Yes, there are dried ones available. But, not only are they not as nutritious, you may find that he won’t like them either.<\/p>\n
Preparing them<\/h3>\n Before you can serve them up you need to prepare them correctly. To do this, you need to chop them up. An apricot is far too big to serve whole, and you should only be giving him small portions of it, in comparison to another veg item, etc, as discussed earlier.<\/p>\n
So, a good guideline when chopping up any food for your Beardie is not cutting it too big. And, the way you can gauge this is not making any piece bigger than the distance between both of his eyes. This will avoid him choking, are you with me.<\/p>\n
Serving<\/h3>\n Now that you have some pieces cut up. You need to serve it up with other fruits and veg. As discussed earlier, there should be more veg than fruit. And the apricot pieces should only really be a small part of the overall serving, are you with me?<\/p>\n
Checking on him<\/h3>\n You may feel that you are done, right? Well, no, you need to check on him. The point of this is to see how he responded to it. For example, did he eat all of the pumpkins (Click here to see if this is good food for your Beardie<\/a>) and leaves the apricot?<\/p>\nIf he did, then it is an indication that he does not like it, and maybe you should not offer it to him again. The reality is, it’s a trial and error game sometimes, within reason.<\/p>\n
Related Questions:<\/h2>\n In this section, I will answer some questions related to Bearded Dragon’s behaviors. If you have any other questions feel free to contact me.<\/p>\n
Q: Do Bearded dragons lay eggs?<\/h3>\n Yes, Bearded Dragons lay eggs (Click here to see where they lay them)<\/a>. They also go through a stage called “gravid”, which is similar to pregnancy before laying their eggs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you care for your Beardie (Click here to see, from this guide, if you are making one of these common errors Beardie owners make with their pet) you may be curious if apricots are a good idea for him… Can bearded dragons eat apricots? Yes, but it should be regarded as a treat. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1762,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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