Won't eat salad

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Hey I'm new to this and got my first dragon Norman a few days ago he eats locusts and superworms but I cannot get him to eat salad should I be worried? Any tips?
 

Drache613

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Hello,

They can be extremely stubborn when it comes to eating their greens & veggies. How old is he?
You can try putting a few worms in with the salad or brightly colored pieces of fruit or veggies in
with the salad to make it look more enticing. LOL
Just keep offering it & he should eventually warm up to & start eating it. They are pretty finicky!

Tracie
 

kingofnobbys

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How old is Norman ?
What's his body weight ?

Their dietary needs is very strongly determined by their age and to a lesser degree their body weight.
 

Normanthebeardie

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kingofnobbys":32i3yddd said:
How old is Norman ?
What's his body weight ?

Their dietary needs is very strongly determined by their age and to a lesser degree their body weight.

Hi Norman is 4 years old and I'm not entirely sure what his weight is but hes a good size
 

Normanthebeardie

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Drache613":1r9wfwvq said:
Hello,

They can be extremely stubborn when it comes to eating their greens & veggies. How old is he?
You can try putting a few worms in with the salad or brightly colored pieces of fruit or veggies in
with the salad to make it look more enticing. LOL
Just keep offering it & he should eventually warm up to & start eating it. They are pretty finicky!

Tracie

I've tried that lol I'll wait and see if he decides to actually eat some
 

Mysty

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He'll eat salad if you with hold live food, but its surprising how long they'll hold out for slme juicy bugs.

A sneaky trick which works for a stubborn, hungry dragon is to put some morios in a clear lidded tub, let dragon investigate and start trying to eat them, then drop salad or more healthy livefood on the lid of the tub to be gobbled up instead. I reward with a morio at the end. Cause they earned it. ;)

A less cruel way is to drop calci worms or all roaches in a bowl with lots of salad. Some usually gets eaten.
 
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