I have a 1 and a half year old male beardie named Peapod. He is a very active and stubborn little lad. He is currently refusing all food other than horn worms. At first I was worried he had a parasite, but he is very active still and was just recently at the vet. After 5 days of not eating anything but a single horn worm, I decided to try my luck and purchased four for him. He ate them immediately.
His diet prior to the horn worm strike was a mix of crickets, giant mealworms, mixed greens (mostly bokchoy - that is his favorite), and strawberries. I have owned multiple beardies before Peapod, all female, and none of them have been this finicky. I've tried many times to coax him into eating his greens and meal worms, and I always leave a bowl of veggies for him just in case he decides to eat, to no avail. I'm not sure if he's just being extra difficult due to lizard puberty (aka reaching sexual maturity) or if this is an issue independent of that. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
His diet prior to the horn worm strike was a mix of crickets, giant mealworms, mixed greens (mostly bokchoy - that is his favorite), and strawberries. I have owned multiple beardies before Peapod, all female, and none of them have been this finicky. I've tried many times to coax him into eating his greens and meal worms, and I always leave a bowl of veggies for him just in case he decides to eat, to no avail. I'm not sure if he's just being extra difficult due to lizard puberty (aka reaching sexual maturity) or if this is an issue independent of that. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!