Bethany’s Beachside Bugs

09/18/2024

Happy customer eating his silkworms! 😍😍😍

09/17/2024

Silkworms are large enough to be a healthy and staple protein for you reptiles! Come get them! $8 a dozen!

09/16/2024

Thanks for being a top engager and making it on to my weekly engagement list! 🎉

Susan Maguire, Nicole Keyes

09/14/2024

Goodmorning!

Just a quick reminder about how important UVB and its placement is!

Kalia had stopped eating, got super dehydrated, and I was stuck syringe feeding her and giving her lots of fluid. I couldn’t figure it out. While I’ve always had proper UVB, I realized that the thrive enclosure she was given has a very dark top screen that doesn’t allow much UVB to get through. I ended up mounting the UVB on the inside and within the first few hours her behavior changed! It was like night and day and she’s finally eating in her own again! She’s even gained 6 grams in the last week!

While it’s important to have the Linear Tube T5 UVB 10.0, making sure it’s placed properly within distance from your dragon, and able to pe*****te the screen is super important also. If you’re still using a coil UVB, I highly suggest throwing it away and investing in the Zoomed T5 10.0 linear tube UVB as soon as possible! Many issues bearded dragons have can be solved and prevented with proper UVB!!

09/13/2024

⚠️⚠️⚠️PSA⚠️⚠️⚠️

It is extremely important to secure your bearded dragons while in the car. Especially young and nervous ones. While I had Takara outside, and doing something in the car, she spooked and jumped down managing to pin herself between the floorboard and where the bottom of the dash meets the floor. There was no way for me to pull her out.

I went to two mechanics desperate for help and didn’t care if they had to break my truck. There was nothing they could do. I rushed to pick up my daughter from school early, and we went to the fire department. A young female EMT came out and with her longer and thin arms, she was able to get up passed Takara’s arms, tuck them down behind her, and shimmy her out.

I’m so thankful for the Cape Canaveral Fire Department for their help! I was completely distraught! I’ve always been worried about something like this happening but in all my years, it didn’t happen until til now. She will need lots more training and desensitizing before she goes in the car again or next time will be leashed or secured someway.

Please be careful when traveling with your reptiles. This was such a stressful situation for me and poor Takara. But the good news is she’s okay!

09/12/2024

Hey everyone!

I had a mishap in shipments and miscommunications so I’ve got an over abundance of crickets! Right now when you need crickets, you will get at least a dozen or more extra with your purchase!

Superworms will be here tomorrow but I still have quite a few left.

Silkworms arrived today all alive and well. They’re on the smaller side but chowing down.

I also have grasshoppers coming within the next 2 weeks or so! They’re a great source of protein and equivalent to 3-5 crickets!

Waxworms and small mealworms are still available as well.

If you need a hornworm or two, now is your chance to grab one. I’m not going to have them consistently on the menu as much.

I need to get more BSFL.

I also have plenty available space for boarding if you need to travel, vacation, work, or just need any sort of babysitting. I can also help rehabilitate your bearded dragon or help desensitize and tame your dragon as well.

If you need anything, please let me know! I try to make myself as available as possible and convenient for you!

09/10/2024

This is my happy place!

09/10/2024

When you’re collecting all the baby roaches and knock over the bowl of 90 baby roaches………….. ROUND UP THE TROUPS 😂😂😂 what a fiasco 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

09/08/2024

Day one of Repticon was a success! So glad my boys got to join and hang out all day! Come on out tomorrow and see us at Repticon Kissimmee and buy some bugs from Premium Crickets!

09/05/2024

Hey guys!

I’ll be working at Repticon again this weekend behind the Premium Crickets booth! Come on down to Kissimmee and check out all the amazing animals, reptiles, and super cool vendors and breeders of these animals. It’s such a great way to connect with this awesome community of reptile enthusiasts who share the same love for exotic animals and reptiles that we do!

And of course, you gotta come see me at Premium Crickets to get all your bug needs! That being said, I will not be available this weekend so come to Repticon!

Tickets must be purchased online!

08/31/2024

Are you going on vacation? Needing to go away on a work trip? Don’t know what to do with your reptiles?

I’ve got you covered! I provide full service round the clock care for your reptiles. Enclosure, lights, proper UVB, fresh salads daily, a variety of bugs twice a week or depending upon age of your reptile, all supplements, enclosures cleaned as quickly as possible, and I’m always home to monitor your dragons behavior, enclosure temps, and send you pictures, videos, and updates on your beloved pets while you’re away!

I treat every reptile as if they were my own! With over 15 years of experience, I have the knowledge of these animals to provide them with the best quality care they can get!

Feel free to reach out to me for more questions and inquiries!

08/30/2024

08/29/2024

I’ve got a hawk moth! Hoping to have a bunch more! Baby hornworms in the making? It’s a possibility! 🤗🤗🤗

08/27/2024

Menu update!

Superworms
Crickets
Black soldier fly larva
Discoid roaches
Waxworms
Mealworms
And some very ready to pupate hornworms

Let me know what you need!

08/27/2024

Black Soldier Fly Larva are here!!

08/26/2024

Hornworms are about to pop! They’ve been eating dandelion greens so they have a different color! They’re also about to pupate! Get them while you can!

This is probably going to be the last time I have them on the menu as I can’t feed them off to my guys and so many of you aren’t purchasing them. I can’t afford to keep them on the menu to have them pupate or go to waste!

08/22/2024

Black soldier fly larva have been ordered! I will update you when they arrive!

Hornworms are getting huge so make sure you get some while I have them. I absolutely cannot afford to keep them on the menu if y’all don’t want to feed your dragons a healthy hydrating snack.

Got lots of crickets, large crickets, superworms, roaches, mealworms, and waxworms still available!

I will have silkworms again in the near future but they are very demanding bugs and with everything going on with the move I thought it would be wise to hold off on them until I could get back 100% on track!

Let me know what you need! Remember I am located in Merritt island now!

08/19/2024

We are all moved into the new house! We are located in Merritt island now and I’m ready to serve you all your bugs! I’ve got 3/4 inch crickets as well as super large crickets! My discoid roaches are getting so big! I also have plenty of hornworms from the National Reptile Breeders Expo yesterday! I still have lots of superworms too!

Please let me know what you need! For those of you in cocoa beach, I’ll be over there very often so let me know the day before what your bug needs are and I can bring them to you!

Have a wonderful day!

08/17/2024

Y’all!!! My reptiles and bugs have their own room! It’s so amazing! I’ll be sure to post pictures when I get it all done! It’s going to be sooooo nice having them all in one room with all their supplies in one place!

Still lots of moving and unpacking to do as well as organizing. Bugs are not here yet but should be tomorrow or Sunday!

08/15/2024

‼️‼️‼️ATTENTION‼️‼️‼️

Bethany’s Beachside Bugs is moving to Merritt Island! For a lot of you I know this is going to be such a big convenience! For everyone in cocoa beach, you will have to drive to me or I can let you know when I’m in town.

We will be in the process of moving this whole weekend so please be patient while waiting on us to get settled for your bug needs! This is going to be a huge job! Moving sucks!

But I will finally be able to have my bugs back at home with me full time which is a huge blessing!

08/14/2024

Hey! Did you know that today is world lizard day?!

It’s also Tilikum and Keiko’s birthday today! Yes, Tilly and Keiko share a birthday a year apart! Tilly is two today and Keiko is one! Happy birthday to my sweet boys!

08/13/2024

Hey! Let’s get acquainted!

Post a picture of your bearded dragon, reptile, or other pets and what their names are! I’ll go first!

Oscar, Tilikum
Takara, Keiko
Zaphira (gargoyle gecko), Kalia, and Magpie (leopard gecko)

08/11/2024

08/11/2024

Goodmorning!

Roaches, silkworms, superworms, crickets, mealworms, and waxworms are I got in stock for you! BSFL should be on their way shortly!

Let me know what ya need! Prices on the menu are in a pinned post!

08/05/2024

😂😂😂

08/04/2024

These hornworms are growing fast! Most successful bunch I’ve had in a while! It’s been hot, hydrate your dragons with some juicy plump hornworms!

08/01/2024

If you buy hornworms from me, this is what you can feed them!

08/01/2024

I got the results back for Katina’s necropsy. She had a parasite not found in bearded dragons. Due to being raised outside most of her life, she must have gotten ahold of something that hosted the parasite. She also had inflammation in her lungs meaning pneumonia as well as fatty liver. When I got her and put her on my strict diet, the fatty liver started to take effect on her.

The most significant cause of death was probably the pneumonia. I would have never guessed that she was sick. She ate well, she was always up and alert, basking, active, bright eyed, and was a rockstar laying her clutch of infertile eggs.

The GOOD news is that my boys are not at risk of anything as the parasite she had would have had to produce eggs in her p**p and my boys would have had to eaten insects that ate her p**p, or they would have had to ingest her p**p somehow.

I’m so sad she’s gone but I’m so glad to know what happened and that it was completely out of my control. Rest In Peace now, Katina! Your job here is done! ❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹❤️‍🩹

08/01/2024

This is what I’ve got y’all! Superworms, crickets, large roaches, large hornworms, silkworms are growing, waxworms, small mealworms, and large grasshoppers!