Picky Eater

vrenee1018 · Nov 23, 2018

Hello:

Does anybody else's beardie become a picky eater at times? Mine has started to only eat her silk worms and hornworms that I give her, but no dubia or mixed greens. I'm just wondering if this will just fade off and she'll go back to her normal eating habits.

Any insight or advice would be great!

Thank you.

lizardgirlforever · Nov 23, 2018

Don't worry. Females are known to be more picky than males in bearded dragons. I wouldn't worry, but watch her. If she does not eat her salad, try putting worms or crickets into/onto the salad. They will see the movement and might try to eat it, which is when they might accidently get some lettuce in their mouth. Also, you can try to take a bug and "rub" it on a lettuce leaf to make it smell like a bug. Then you can move it with your fingers to make it look "tasty and moving"

vrenee1018 · Nov 23, 2018

lizardgirlforever":147eaw0s said:
Don't worry. Females are known to be more picky than males in bearded dragons. I wouldn't worry, but watch her. If she does not eat her salad, try putting worms or crickets into/onto the salad. They will see the movement and might try to eat it, which is when they might accidently get some lettuce in their mouth. Also, you can try to take a bug and "rub" it on a lettuce leaf to make it smell like a bug. Then you can move it with your fingers to make it look "tasty and moving"

Thank you. She never had issues eating her greens before, but now she wants nothing to do with them. Little stinker. I'll try the buggies on the salad tomorrow and see what she does.

vrenee1018 · Nov 24, 2018

Also, she's not really into her dubia either. Wants nothing to do with them. She stares at them like she's going to eat them, but just won't do a thing.

butter9763 · Nov 25, 2018

My girl butter is very picky too. She eats her worms, crickets, and dubias but the only veggies/fruits I’ve been able to get her to eat are greens and carrots. And even then she doesn’t eat very much of them. I leave piles of fresh cucumber, carrots, strawberries, blueberries, greens, etc. but she just turns her head. But recently she hasn’t been eating as much insects either, I believe it’s the time of year.

vrenee1018 · Nov 26, 2018

This is my first beardie and I am guessing it is that time of year for her to not eat as much. Does your beardie go into brumation at all? I'm thinking she might be doing doing a bit of that as well. She's not basking as much and stays in the cool part of the tank most of the day.

lizardgirlforever · Apr 8, 2019

Yep! My two adult ones do.

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