No, she has no interest in greens, and I don’t blame her, she’s so young still. If it’s not a cricket, she doesn’t want it, I still keep greens and the grub in her bowl and refresh daily in hopes.KarrieRee":2s5rrw7u said:Is she eating salads? Put them on top
Karrie
SHBailey":is1x5m0j said:Yes, there seem to be lots of beardies who don't like to eat their veggies, and I've also heard of a few who eat more greens than bugs, like the books say they're supposed to when they're adults. I'm afraid part of the problem is that the beardies don't read the books, and people try all kinds of tricks to get them to eat their greens.
Our beardie (Puff, an adult about 8 years old) usually ignores his salad and will only eat greens once in a while if we hand feed them to him. At least he seems to like squash (you could try and see if Spitfire goes for squash). He was a rescue and we got him when he was about a year old, so who knows how he was raised as far as a healthy diet is concerned.
Good luck with Spitfire, but I wouldn't worry too much if she's not too interested in greens just yet -- not a lot of calories and she needs to gain weight. I agree that trying her on silkworms especially would be a good idea. You could also try some small roaches if you can get them. It sounds like maybe she likes food that moves a lot. At least crickets are usually easy to get so hopefully she will have a reliable supply of them until she learns to like a few other things.
We tried BSFL (trade name "Phoenix worms") for our beardie and they were really convenient for us but the beardie didn't seem to like them too much better than Spitfire does. My husband thought that he didn't like the taste of them but I suspect that they were too small (for a fully grown beardie who apparently has poor vision or coordination and is a klutz as a hunter) and didn't move around enough for him to recognize them as food right away. He would eat a few of them though, so don't give up on them for Spitfire just yet. They're good for her if she'll ever eat them.
We tried putting wiggly bugs in Puff's salad, but he was very good at picking out the bugs without eating the greens. :roll:
It can be really frustrating when they don't eat what you know is good for them, just like having a little kid who won't eat veggies.
SHBailey":c1f3a747 said:That suggests that she likes the taste of the worms, at least.
The only problem with roaches is that they're even more expensive than crickets, but if you get them small and keep them at fairly cool temperatures, they don't grow too fast. They're also much less messy and less likely to die off if you don't clean up after them every day, unlike crickets. But for now, if crickets are all she'll eat, at least she's getting the protein she needs to get up to a healthy weight. It sounds like you're doing a beautiful job giving her the care she needs.
I guess we're lucky we can get any food for our beardies at all with this covid thing going on.
KarrieRee":2b8ermr8 said:Here are some website for roaches and silk worms
http://www.reptilianarts.com they are pretty quick --I get silk worms from them and super worms -- I have not ordered roaches from them
http://www.coastilsilkworms.com --- they were out of silks on the east coast but the west coast had them
http://www.mulberryfarms.com out of silk worms at this time
http://www.joshsfrogs.com
http://www.dubiaroaches.com the best place to get worms and roaches -- they are not shipping roaches now they are having to restock
http://www.reptilesplus.com they are affiliated w/ dubiaroaches
Karrie
SHBailey":19527jm8 said:I remember those California heat waves, but I've been in Alaska for almost 25 years now and these days I get nervous when the temperature goes over 70, believe it or not. We broke a record last 4th of July -- it was 90 degrees in Anchorage. The beardie liked it, but I was miserable and afraid of fire. Not adapted to heat anymore.
I guess I'm crazy for trying to maintain an Australian desert environment in a little glass box in my living room. I'm sure the beardie doesn't know he's in Alaska. :roll:
We have the opposite problem here in the winter -- can't ship bugs because it's too cold. We can almost never get silkworms up here although I wish we could because the beardie would probably like them.
Thanks for all the links, Karrie. I recognize some of those websites from past experience. Many of them don't ship to Alaska.