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For a bearded dragon, worms are a good way to bring protein into his diet and like foods for other lizards, his diet should also be a well balanced one. You can locate worms anywhere you find fishing bait and you can also get them from online stores that specialize in food for exotic pets. You can find one through a search but one of the best ways to order online supplies is by getting a recommendation from either an expert or a trusted breeder.

Before you think you can simply go out around your house and dig up whatever worms you find, stop! It’s not safe for your pet to eat insects that you find because even if you don’t spray your yard, it doesn’t mean those insects came from your yard. They could have traveled from your neighbor’s property and if your neighbor sprays for pests, then those insects could carry that pesticide straight into your beardie’s delicate stomach.

Wherever you get bearded dragon worms or other insects, you want to make sure you do a process called gut loading before giving them to your beardie as a meal or a snack. You’ll want to gut load insects at least a day in advance before feeding them to your beardie. You can feed your beardie mealworms, butterworms, waxworms and even earthworms.

You do want to be careful when giving your beardie earthworms that aren’t raised as food because again, earthworms dug up from a yard can carry chemical residue. Never under any circumstances give your beardie centipedes. Even though they might appeal to your lizard, centipedes do bite and their bite is venomous. So they could potentially make your beardie sick if he eats them and they can make him sick if they bite, so best just to leave those worms off the menu.