Bethany’s Beachside Bugs

12/09/2024

A friend of mine has a bearded dragon she sadly wants to rehome. While she’s done everything right by him, it’s really just too much for her. Lenny unfortunately has slight metabolic bone disease. While it isn’t curable, it is manageable and you can stop the progression with proper UVB, natural sunlight, and calcium supplements. Please let me know if you’re interested in taking him on. He will come with everything you see pictured. She is located in the Orlando area. I can put you in contact with her to learn more about Lenny.

12/09/2024

Anyone want stockings made for their reptile family?! $6 a stocking 🙂

12/04/2024

12/04/2024

Goodmorning everyone!

Recently I’ve only had the main staples of crickets, roaches, mealworms, and superworms. Most of the BSFL I’ve been purchasing turn to flies which hasn’t been very profitable.

This weekend is Repticon Orlando! Friday - Saturday I will be in Orlando so if you need any of those bugs today and tomorrow would be the day to get them!

OR!! Come see me at the Central Florida Fair Grounds at Repticon for all your bugs needs from Premium Crickets! Saturday 9-4 and Sunday 10-4! Come see all the amazing reptiles and exotic animals, and of course ME!

Tickets must be purchased online! Can’t wait to see you there!!

11/20/2024

Goodmorning!

Just a quick reminder that these are my last hornworms now til after December 8th! Get them while you can! These guys are getting big quick!

11/19/2024

Heading to cocoa beach for the evening. I’ll be in town til 8pm. I have crickets, supers, and hornworms with me. Let me know if you need anything!

11/17/2024

Goodmorning and happy Sunday!!

Today is a very special day. Today marks one year ago that I started my bug selling journey and I would like to tell you all about it!

I was helping out someone who had a small pet shop with feeder roaches. My dragons at the time weren’t interested and my colony was huge. In return, this person gave me a 1000 crickets and 1000 superworms. When I got home and unboxed them I thought, how the heck are my 3 dragons going to be able to eat all these before the bugs die?!

Being the honest and trustworthy person I am, I didn’t want to step on any toes and asked the person who gave them to me if it would be okay for me to sell them off in Cocoa Beach. I only asked because I knew they wanted to move their store out there.

Selling the crickets and superworms was supposed to be a temporary thing. But it blew up. I ended up having to make this page for people to follow. Within a few months, I went from only selling crickets, superworms, and roaches, to being able to bring many other healthy staple bugs to the menu! I now have 10 different bugs on my menu.

All of this was possible because of you guys! Your support, word of mouth, and business has allowed me to continue helping provide the healthy options of protein to your reptiles, help you with proper diet, nutrition, husbandry, lighting, temperature, and proper care of these reptiles!

I hope to continue doing business with you, be as available as I can, give you the best prices around, and always help with any questions or concerns you may have! Bearded dragons are my life. Information on their care and diet will be forever changing and it’s not about being right or wrong, but sharing the correct information to help these reptiles stay healthy and thriving in captivity.

I hope you all have a blessed Sunday and a wonderful start to your week! Thank you all so much for your contribution to my incredible journey. Every single one of you mean so much to me! I love you all!

11/16/2024

BSFL came today! I only have 500 so get them while you can! I also have hornworms but these things came in very small. These are the last hornworms I will have til the first week of December so make sure to grab those as well!

Of course I have the main staples of crickets, supers, and discoid roaches in all sizes. I also have large mealworms!

Have a great weekend! I will be out of town tomorrow morning until later afternoon.

Family Reptiles in Lakeland is having a huge sale and festival with lots of give aways, raffle tickets, and many other prizes!

If you’d like to come the address is 4505 old road 37 lakeland florida!

11/06/2024

There’s a deep connection I have with my reptiles. I love sharing it and showing people that a bond full of trust and safeness can be established. It’s not everyday that I can prove that. Today, while under the pier of the beach, Tilikum saw something that made him feel unsafe. Instead of running away to hide, he casually walked over to me and curled up on my lap. Such a special guy he is, he trusts me with his life! It’s a great honor!

11/04/2024

If anyone is interested, Aly’s Dragons and More has these adorable yellow uromastyx babies needing homes! 😍😍😍 Please contact Alyson Gryb Ramos!

11/01/2024

Are you still turning lights off and on everyday?

This is the best WiFi timer! It works with Alexa too! In all my years of having dragons, this was the best investment I’ve ever made! It makes my life so much more convenient knowing that I don’t have to be home every morning and night to turn the lights out on my reptiles! You can also control it from your phone and name the outlet so you know which one is which!

I’ll post the link in the comments!

11/01/2024

The bug haul is in!!

I have 95 hornworms so get them while supplies last! Crickets are super healthy this time and eating cuttlebone for extra calcium for your dragons. Superworms are also eating cuttlebone as well! I have large and small roaches available. BSFL are here and this time they arrived white and not black! I also have large mealworms. And I’ve been raising silkworms from eggs! It was a huge job but I only have about 175 out of 500 eggs!

Let me know whatcha need this weekend. Saturday evening I will be at a wedding!

Thank you and have a great weekend!

10/29/2024

Do y’all weigh your dragons?!

A dragon who is over weight won’t necessarily look over weight unless you’re looking at a severe obesity case. But it’s super important to know what a healthy weight should be.

An adult female dragon should weigh around 350 grams, and an adult around the same weight or a little more. Oscar is just off the charts large all around but even at 635 grams, he’s not over weight. He’s just much larger than most dragons.

Tilikum at 485 grams is still an okay weight looking at his body composition. While he gained 9 grams this month, I’m looking to watch that weight gain slow down as he’s now over 2 years old.

Keiko gained 10 grams but he’s only a year old. He still has some growing to do and if he’s anything like his daddy Oscar, he’ll fill out nicely too.

Takara is a growing girl, she gained quite a bit in a month. I’d like her to slow down. And Kalia is my youngest and I’m okay with her weight gain. She had stopped eating for a few weeks due to her UVB being blocked so she’s got some catching up to do!

Another important reason to weigh your dragons periodically is that bearded dragons don’t necessarily show signs of illness. Take Katina for instance, she acted completely normal and hid her illness very well. A sick dragon will drop weight. Especially if they have parasites or Adenovirus.

I find it funny how I weighed them exactly a month to the day without even trying to! It just happened! lol if you have a scale, what do your dragons weigh? I’m also going to get exact measurements on them too!

10/29/2024

Don’t forget to save the meat from your pumpkins! The bearded dragons love it! You can also feed it to your bugs to help gutload them and keep them as nutritional as possible! 🎃 🎃🎃🎃