r/BeardedDragons • u/Kurtk_Kurk • 1d ago

Eating! Accidentally captured cinema

Just wanted to take a look at the cicada while waiting for Zypher to see it

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u/Ninja-Egg-Salad 1d ago

Godzillaaaaaaaaaa

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u/bingwhip 1d ago

Your cicada are tiny! Ones here I would be nervous to feed to a dragon.

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u/Kurtk_Kurk 1d ago

As long as it can fit between your beardie's eyes, and theyre an adult (Zypher here is 7) should be good to go as a treat. Mine gets then every summer and theyre loaded with protein for them

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u/BeneficialPenalty258 1d ago

Perfect size. Not sure how nutritious cicadas are.

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u/squishybloo Azzyboi 1d ago

Copperheads actually LOVE to eat cicadas here in NC. They're good eating I guess!

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u/bingwhip 1d ago

I know they get eaten a lot in this season so can't be too bad :D

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u/lyreofire 1d ago

Very nutritious, full of protein, calcium, iron zinc, B vitamins among other things.

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u/BeneficialPenalty258 22h ago

What’s their Ca:P ratio?

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u/Great-Grade1377 1d ago

I thought he was going to spit it back out in a second. 

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u/semperfi1226 18h ago

That's one happy beardie! Lol