nickanthony
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Little ash has always been a pretty picky eater. While young he'd grab maybe 1 tiny piece of lettuce every couple days and usually eat plenty of crickets. As he got older, he stopped eating the crickets as well. They'd just crawl all over him while he looked up and gave me the stink eye. I tried every little crawling piece of protein i could with no luck.
Until the day i threw a big juicy hornworm in front of him. He snatched that thing up so fast and juice shot out all over the place. He absolutely loved it. Only problem was that after that, he'd never touch another cricket again. He basically only eats hornworms now with the occasional 1 bite of lettuce and maybe a raspberry here and there. From what ive read, hornworms are a little on the fatty side but overall pretty healthy for them. He's not getting fat at all so I'm not worried about that. What worries me is that i know at some point he's supposed to make that transition to a mostly green diet and I'm fairly certain we're past that point at 18 months.
What happens if your beardie is 4 years old and still eats mostly live food? Is this a problem? If So, how in the world do i get him to eat his greens? I'm currently trying the starving method but it's killing me cause i know he's dying for a worm right now. It's been 2 days now since he's eaten live food. I feed him fresh kale and collard greens every morning. Those seem to be his favorite..... or at least the only greens I've actually witnessed him eat. He just never eats it or at least not enough for me to be am able to tell. It's also hard because he has a bad habit of running through it every morning so it ends up all over the place and i have no way of telling if any is missing.
Please help.
Until the day i threw a big juicy hornworm in front of him. He snatched that thing up so fast and juice shot out all over the place. He absolutely loved it. Only problem was that after that, he'd never touch another cricket again. He basically only eats hornworms now with the occasional 1 bite of lettuce and maybe a raspberry here and there. From what ive read, hornworms are a little on the fatty side but overall pretty healthy for them. He's not getting fat at all so I'm not worried about that. What worries me is that i know at some point he's supposed to make that transition to a mostly green diet and I'm fairly certain we're past that point at 18 months.
What happens if your beardie is 4 years old and still eats mostly live food? Is this a problem? If So, how in the world do i get him to eat his greens? I'm currently trying the starving method but it's killing me cause i know he's dying for a worm right now. It's been 2 days now since he's eaten live food. I feed him fresh kale and collard greens every morning. Those seem to be his favorite..... or at least the only greens I've actually witnessed him eat. He just never eats it or at least not enough for me to be am able to tell. It's also hard because he has a bad habit of running through it every morning so it ends up all over the place and i have no way of telling if any is missing.
Please help.