vrenee1018":igzag268 said:
Hello there. Have you tried bee pollen sprinkled on top of the greens and bugs she doesn't want to eat? I had an issue with my little girl not wanting to eat greens and the bee pollen helped a lot. It has a sweet nutty flavor to it, which I've been told they love.
Vanessa
OMG I just came here to ask a question about bee pollen and saw this post. I don't mean to threadjack the thread but I don't know if my picky eater will be tempted by bee pollen so I don't want to spend a lot of money on it. I was thinking of buying these cheap capsules
https://amzn.to/2xfS5pn and using the powder inside. But they contain stearic acid and silica, probably very small amounts and I'm wondering if that is OK. Anyone know?
Now so I'm not totally hijacking I want to make a suggestion to OP. I recently had a thread about this exact same topic. My guy isn't as picky as yours, he'll eat most bugs but refuses to eat veggies and at 4 years old he should be eating more veggies than bugs. So on the advice of people here, I started feeding him baby food with an eye dropper and he loves it. Kind of loves it... He will devour it for about a minute or so and then refuse to eat any more. I know he's not eating enough to get full on the baby food but he'll gobble some up every day and it makes me feel better that he's getting some veggies. I only use the organic baby food of approved beardie veggies and with zero additives.
The label states that it should be used within three days so I split the baby food into a few small containers and stick them in the freezer. Then I defrost one portion at a time and feed it for three days.
You might want to try doing this yourself. I do not force the baby food into his mouth. I just put a dab on his nose and he will start to eat it, then I keep squiring a little bit onto his tongue as he laps it up. Weird thing is that after several weeks of doing this, it still takes him a while to realize there is food on his face at first. He just lets it sit there for a while then gets a taste and then starts to eat it up.
This was fun and cute at first but it has become a major pain in the butt. It makes the morning feeding of my animals take much longer. I'm hoping bee pollen will entice Rufus to eat salad on his own so I can stop the baby food.