Sunday, February 22, 2009

Extra Produce

There seems to be a dilemma. I buy produce for my Bearded Dragon(s), and they don't eat enough of it before it all goes rotten on me! What can I do?


I have a couple of suggestions....


1. The grocery store tends to "bunch" some veggies together. Please remember that you can break off 2 banana's from a 6 banana bunch....or instead of buying the "3 lb. net of beans" go farther along down the isle, and just grab yourself a handful of fresh beans and throw them in a plastic produce bag.


2. "GUT LOAD". I found myself cutting some apple slices off the apple, and then a day later cutting from the opposite side, and then leaving the apple remains in the fridge to rot away. Well, not anymore!
GOT EXTRA'S??

I purchased a 20 gallon TALL fish tank and stand from my local Craig's List for $25.00. I set the tank up nice and clean NO SUBSTRATE. I got some egg cartons, 2 paper towel cardboard tubes & some driftwood. I put some Flukers water gels, Flukers cricket food, and ALL the EXTRA produce I had in my fridge right in with them!

REMEMBER:
If you treat your crickets with TLC they are PERFECT nutrition for your Bearded Dragon and they LAST A LOT LONGER!
P.S. If you include the paper towel cardboard tubes, to throw in with your crickets, this gives you an EASY GRAB! The crickets climb inside the tube so all you have to do is pick up the tube and shake it out into a ziplock bag to powder them!!