Still won't heat his veggies!

May guy is 5 months old now. I know when they are growing they need lots of protein and he sure does love his protein! He gets a mix of crickets, butter worms, roaches and hornworms. I offer him a fresh salad daily with a variety of mustards, arugula, dandelion, etc. and even enticing goodies like raspberry on top or squash, pear, carrot, etc. Nothing seems to get him to dig in. He has on rare occasions, eaten a few bites, but it's very rare. I'm worried that I'm going to have a big problem transitioning into the salad life when he gets older. I don't really want to starve him out yet to get him to eat his salad, because he's still growing. What should I do??

Sounds like you're offering a great variety. I'd just keep doing what you're doing. The crickets and roaches will probably take care of the leftovers happily. He may not show much interest in salad until his growth slows at around 12-18 months and that's fine as long as it's available and familiar.

Some people have had luck with cutting veggies like squash into worm shapes to entice baby beardies to give them a try. I’ve also seen a video where someone kept swiveling/moving a plate of greens until the movement caught the baby’s interest and compelled him to chow down (the beardie’s inner thought process: “Hey, that green stuff is moving...and the bugs I love move...I should probably eat those green leaf bugs.” ). Another trick that works for some: drop feeders like Phoenix worms directly onto his greens. Inevitably he’ll go for a big and get a mouthful of greens in the process (this worked for a friend’s juvenile beardie and eventually he didn’t have to do the drop trick anymore because the dragon developed a taste for veggies and sought them out on his own). Another method: an hour after the lights go on place an assortment of greens in the enclosure and hold off on bugs until he nibbles on some veggies. Every dragon is different and sometimes you have to get creative when it comes to convincing them that salad isn’t just in their cage to look pretty. Good luck!

Here are the squash "worms" as described =)

Yep—those are the squash “worms” that worked for one of my picky beardies!