ComicBookMama wrote:KarrieRee wrote:https://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=252256
This link from Karrie goes into the kale issue way better than I could... my understanding was that it was inaccurate / incomplete information, thinking that kale was high in oxalates that prevent calcium from being absorbed properly, and newer research refutes that claim.
I still try to rotate my greens, because my finicky boy will stop eating them if he gets bored with one particular type!
FlapJack is incredibly picky. He is just about 18 months old, now. He has eaten SO few veggies "growing up"... he just doesn't like them. I offered a lot of variety- collard, mustard, bell pepper, cactus, kohlrabia, bok choy, squash, cucumber, and even a few fruits like blueberries and strawberries. With or without supplements, he doesn't want them.
If I put bugs on top, the bugs fall through the leaves to the bottom, and he doesn't register- or he will pick out the bugs, if they don't fall through.
Coming out of brumation, it seems to be a little better- still not great though. Eating by hand, a lot more than before, but if I dust them, he won't touch them, and If i leave them next to him or in his bowl, there is a 3% chance he will touch them.
As an adult, he is supposed to be 80/20 veggies to bugs- he is just such a stinker, I don't know what to do for him
One method is to "starve" them of bugs, and only offer veggies, but he didn't go for it, not really, and after 1-2 days I felt terrible and gave him bugs again.
I'm thinking I might try that again- he needs to be eating vegetation as his main thing. (I asked about it on here before and it checked out, i think).
But on the other hand, he is a little bit too skinny, and I need him to gain a little weight too... ugh.
He knows what he is doing- he is smart
