Question on Veggies

Hey there!
I had a question on 'salads' for bearded dragons. Mine is 10 months as of this post, and seems to have a ravenous appetite for crickets. He eats maybe... a piece of collard green or kale once in a while. But he hasn't eaten things like carrots, papaya, etc. Sometimes I've put some can-o-worms (the meal worm tin) on top just for a bit of an enticer (but doesn't seem too interested in those; I tried them because I got them in a kit a while back and figured may as well try it).

I made a few small ziplocks of salads (collard green, kale, carrot shavings, a little bit of celery leaves, and a bit of papaya). The thing is though, he never really eats all of it, so its mostly going to waste by the end of the week, and I try to balance work with pre-prep each week so I just pull it out and give it to him.

My question is: has anyone tried to do a blend of daily-friendly veggies/fruits to make into a paste? Similar to what a crested gecko might get in a crested gecko diet formula, but all fresh stuff. I was thinking if I could freeze most of it, let it thaw over night, feed the next day, I might not waste as much food and he'd still be getting a good variety that way. I wasn't sure if there was any rules against trying this or if its been tried/failed?

His main diet is bugs --- he is 10 months old he needs the protein at this point-- just keep offering a variety of greens - turnip or mustard and collard maybe some squash-- try some fruit like apple strawberry raspberries blueberries - green beans are good - you will haft to see what he likes ---- Hiccup is 18 months old and barely eats vegies at all - only if I hand feed him and then its only a few bites--
Karrie

Oh, awesome! Thank you very much Karrie! How many months old should I be trying to get him to eat more veggies past 18 months, if you know? I think the handler I got him from mentioned a year + he would be an adult?

Just keep offering them to him every day ---- at some point he may start eating them --- try hand feeding him different stuff and who knows he may find something he really likes -- if your concerned w/ him and his eating and you think hes losing weight weigh him on a kitchen scale --- they go by grams- so rule of thumb a dragon over a year or around a year over 400 grams is good -- so you can go by that --- Hiccup is 18 months and weighs 480 - you can weigh him every week or every 2 - keep track and you will know if he needs to eat more or if hes sustaining ---
Karrie

Ok, sounds good! For now he seems like hes really active/happy with crickets/seems to be a great weight so I'm not worried at all lol, I was just going by the 80/20 veggie/insect thing, but I realized he was a bit younger than I thought Ill keep offering veggies/fruits every now and then.

Thanks again Karrie for the wealth of info!!