{"topic_id":"exotic_nutrition_bearded_dragon_feeding","category":"exotic-pet-nutrition","context":"---\ntopic_id: exotic_nutrition_bearded_dragon_feeding\ncategory: exotic-pet-nutrition\ntitle: \"Bearded dragon feeding — omnivore; juveniles 70% insects / 30% veg, adults 20-30% / 70-80%; gut-loading; toxic foods\"\nlang: en\nsource: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://www.petmd.com/reptile/bearded-dragon-care-sheet) — non-Open-Access; paraphrased derived fact summary per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3.\"\nsource_file: https://www.petmd.com/reptile/bearded-dragon-care-sheet\ndate_parsed: 2026-08-04\ntokens_estimated: 186\nverification:\n  method: paraphrase\n  claims: 6\n  passed: 6\n  date: 2026-08-04\nrecovered: false\npath: exotic-pet-nutrition/exotic_nutrition_bearded_dragon_feeding/01_exotic_nutrition_bearded_dragon_feeding.md\nsource_document: \"RSPCA — https://www.petmd.com/reptile/bearded-dragon-care-sheet\"\ncitation:\n  authority: \"RSPCA\"\n  title: \"Bearded dragon feeding — omnivore; juveniles 70% insects / 30% veg, adults 20-30% / 70-80%; gut-loading; toxic foods\"\nretrieved: \"2026-08-04\"\nref: \"RSPCA pet care advice (https://www.petmd.com/reptile/bearded-dragon-care-sheet)\"\ndoc_type: \"animal-welfare-org consumer version\"\nneeds_review: false\nlicense: paraphrase\ncopyright_note: \"Source RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk) is © RSPCA and not openly licensed; per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3 all claims are paraphrased derived fact summaries (numbers and proper nouns preserved, sentences rewritten), not verbatim quotations.\"\n---\n\n# Bearded dragon feeding — omnivore; juveniles 70% insects / 30% veg, adults 20-30% / 70-80%; gut-loading; toxic foods\n\nSource: RSPCA pet care advice (rspca.org.uk), a copyrighted animal-welfare organisation. Per COPYRIGHT_POLICY §3, the points below are paraphrased derived fact summaries: numerical values and proper nouns are preserved from the source, but sentences are rewritten and not quoted verbatim.\n\n## Claims\n\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Bearded dragons are omnivores needing a balanced diet of insects, vegetables and fruit, with the insect-to-plant ratio changing as they mature.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Juveniles need about 70% insects and 30% vegetables/fruit; adults need about 20-30% insects and 70-80% vegetables/fruit.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Young bearded dragons need a protein-rich diet of primarily gut-loaded insects; gut-loading means feeding insects a nutrient-rich diet before offering them.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Safe feeder insects include crickets, mealworms, hornworms, waxworms, calciworms, roaches and superworms.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Toxic foods to avoid include avocados, beet greens, spinach and rhubarb.\n- *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Bearded dragons need regular calcium and vitamin supplementation, including a calcium supplement with vitamin D and a reptile multivitamin powder.\n","sources":["exotic-pet-nutrition — Bearded dragon feeding — omnivore; juveniles 70% insects / 30% veg, adults 20-30% / 70-80%; gut-loading; toxic foods (retrieved 2026-08-04)"],"source":{"authority":"exotic-pet-nutrition","title":"Bearded dragon feeding — omnivore; juveniles 70% insects / 30% veg, adults 20-30% / 70-80%; gut-loading; toxic foods","url":"https://www.petmd.com/reptile/bearded-dragon-care-sheet","retrieved":"2026-08-04","ref":"","doc_type":"official source","source_document":"RSPCA — https://www.petmd.com/reptile/bearded-dragon-care-sheet","verification_file":"https://www.petmd.com/reptile/bearded-dragon-care-sheet"},"source_document":"RSPCA — https://www.petmd.com/reptile/bearded-dragon-care-sheet","source_file":"https://www.petmd.com/reptile/bearded-dragon-care-sheet","tokens_estimated":186,"generated_at":null,"tip":"Use /api/v1/topics to discover more topics. /api/v1/nutrient for precise single-point queries. /api/v1/cross_compare for 2-3 standard comparisons."}