Its official my beardy won't eat veggies

Beardeddtagonlover · Mar 28, 2018

Well I bought my dragon almost a month ago he's between 3 and 5 months and the breeder probably never gave veggies I tried a variety of things from mustard greens,collard greens carrots,apples strawberries,blue berries red and yellow red peppers and tomatoes on a white napkin and with super worms and nothing hopefully when he gets older my beardy will grow a taste for them also I recently switched to dubias and he eats more often than he did crickets so it was a good switch for the both of us as I don't have to hand feed Dundas other then that he is growing and with a fat belly

Caitlinp99 · Mar 28, 2018

My beardie didn't start eating her salad until she was about 6 months old and had pumpkin for the first time. :lol: Just keep putting salad in his viv every day and hopefully he'll start to pick at it. Have you tried butternut squash? Most beardies love that. But I wouldn't worry about him not eating salad at that age.

JessPets · Mar 28, 2018

Haha, don't worry. It is rare to find a beardie who will eat greens at such a young age! Most won't start eating ANY until 6+ months, and will hopefully be somewhat accustomed by a year or more. Good luck!

Beardeddtagonlover · Mar 28, 2018

Ahh thanks lol I even bought bearded dragon salad dressing it smells fruity I'm thinking about trying it myself but you can do the same thing making your own.btwvi love pumpkin I always have the canned version in the house the 100 % natural canned pumpkin

kingofnobbys · Mar 28, 2018

Keep offering , but don't stress if the hatchling/juvenile dragon ignores the greens and veg at this stage , it knows what it needs .

Just offer the salad fresh each day, and give the uneaten salad to the crickets / roaches / locusts at the end of the day. This will gut load/ feed the feeder insects, and he dragon will simply get the greens and veg in disguise when it eats the bugs.

kingofnobbys · Mar 28, 2018

Beardeddtagonlover":36xw4q5m said:
Well I bought my dragon almost a month ago he's between 3 and 5 months and the breeder probably never gave veggies I tried a variety of things from mustard greens,collard greens carrots,apples strawberries,blue berries red and yellow red peppers and tomatoes on a white napkin and with super worms and nothing hopefully when he gets older my beardy will grow a taste for them also I recently switched to dubias and he eats more often than he did crickets so it was a good switch for the both of us as I don't have to hand feed Dundas other then that he is growing and with a fat belly

NO SUPERWORMS for a dragon younger than 12 months old , and never as a staple feeder insect , only ever as a treat and never more than 2 or 3 in a sitting.
Issue is underdeveloped GIT & hard exoskeletons ==> impaction risk , and poor nutritional content.
See for comparison of feeder insects : viewtopic.php?f=76&t=234999&p=1807834#p1807834

See for the best feeding schedule to work towards : viewtopic.php?f=18&t=236074

Better off giving silkworms , which are a perfect feeder insect and grow quite large , even a little guy like yours will handle a medium sized silkworm up to 2 inches long (they are very soft and squishy).

Beardeddtagonlover · Mar 29, 2018

I feed them more then super worms he eats lot of Dubias as well

Catzo · Mar 31, 2018

Beardeddtagonlover":1uuiykku said:
I feed them more then super worms he eats lot of Dubias as well

He shouldnt really be having supers at all thpugh at that age. Except very small ones but thats only if hes on the very high end of your estimate. Most people will say no supers until your dragon is a foot and a half long.

Try putting a hornworm on top of his salad. They have such clingy feet he will end up getting some greens with it.

Eteda · Apr 7, 2018

Catzo,

Try putting a hornworm on top of his salad. They have such clingy feet he will end up getting some greens with it.

That is absolutely hilarious. ROFLMAO :lol:

vengeance is mine when the horn worms attack my tomatoes this year. I've got a surprise for them!

my beardie is about 1 1/2 years old and she won't eat greens or veggies either. I've gotten to the point Im counting pieces I put in every day to see if she has eat any while i've been gone to work. I choose different colors and I've bought everything walmart has that is a vegetative form. lol

I guess she is still growing and needs the protein. I guessing she will start leaning toward it in time. perhaps a few more months of good care will do the trick. It's good for my diet to eat lizard food any way. LOL. Kiwi and mango for breakfast who would have thought.

Beardeddtagonlover · Apr 8, 2018

i think this pet beardies are spoiled rotten lol, hopefully my beardie will start eating hes veggies in a few months,i honestly didn't expect my juvenile beardie eat so many dubias somedays not everyday he eats like 15 to 20 3/4 dubias lol hes only 5 months old

Catzo · Apr 8, 2018

Eteda":1hq7a2ud said:
Catzo,

Try putting a hornworm on top of his salad. They have such clingy feet he will end up getting some greens with it.

That is absolutely hilarious. ROFLMAO :lol:

vengeance is mine when the horn worms attack my tomatoes this year. I've got a surprise for them!

my beardie is about 1 1/2 years old and she won't eat greens or veggies either. I've gotten to the point Im counting pieces I put in every day to see if she has eat any while i've been gone to work. I choose different colors and I've bought everything walmart has that is a vegetative form. lol

I guess she is still growing and needs the protein. I guessing she will start leaning toward it in time. perhaps a few more months of good care will do the trick. It's good for my diet to eat lizard food any way. LOL. Kiwi and mango for breakfast who would have thought.

Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT feed hornworms youve pulled off your tomato plants to a beardie!!
Hornworms that have been feeding on tomato leaves are deadly poisonous!!
Tomato leaves contain trace amounts of solanine, it is the hornworm's natural defense mechanism to store the solanine in its body so that predators will not eat it. Only captive bred hornworms that have been raised on nontoxic hornworm chow can be used as feeders.

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