Appetite Issues?

[vonedaddy]

Hello folks, I have some questions.

I know a few other people who have bearded dragons and they feed their animals small mice, dubia roaches, crickets, etc. Their beardies seem to eat anything happily.

I have a beardie who is appox 1 year old (I got him in Feb 2016). He is about 13 inches total length now. He has not shed is over a month. He is very picky and although I offer a wide variety of foods and a great quantity of foods everyday he only eats a very small portion. Also he will only eat meal worms and wax worms along with a small about of salad.

I have offered crickets, dubias, horn worms, pheonix worms, and silk worms. I am wasting a ton of money because all of the worms eventually die after a few weeks.

I have had him to the vet and all tests came back fine. He poops daily once in a while he skips a day.

Any ideas on how I can get his appetite up?

Here is some info:

Beardie Info:
NAME: Dax
Sex: Unknown
Age: Unknown - I got him 10 months ago, he was about 4 inches total when I bought him
Size: His is about 13 inches total now.
He is fairly active and very alert. He walks around the tank and the room when I let him out.

Enclosure Information:
Custom enclosure - Wood, plexiglass and glass sliding doors in front.
Size: 6 foot x 2 foot x 27 inches approx
Temps: 109F in basking spot - 92F ambient on basking side - 83F ambient on cool side
Lights: 100W Zoo Med basking spot - Zoo Med T5HO UVB 10.0 48 inch - Ceramic heat emitter 250W (on a thermostat)
Substrate: natural stone tile with sandless grout
Background: Blue PVC board

 

[kornel351]

This really isn't weird at all some times beardies stop eating for a couple days .Mine usually does it when he is bout to shed.But as beardies get older they tend to have a diet switch from eating 80 ℅ animal protein and 20 ℅ plant matter to 80℅plant matter and 20℅ animal protein .My hope would be that the beardy might be going through a diet change hence why he might not be eating a lot of the insects .