baby bearded dragon veggies

[malig1117]

Hi I have a 9 weeks bearded dragon. I got her when she was 5 weeks old. The first few days when I have gotten her she only ate around 3-5 crickets per day. Now she eats at least 28 or up per day. She doesn't eat her veggies tho. I've tried all the options I could possibly try. Now I only feed the veggies to the crickets and feed them to my dragon. Would it be ok? I also feed the crickets "fluker's orange cube complete cricket diet" with vitamins. I have also dusted the crickets with Cal + D3 and vitamin supplements. So I should have no troubles raising a healthy dragon, right? Thank you with all the help~

 

[TASTIGER]

try feeding him baby food through a syringe thats how i got mine to eat veggies i would feed him squash baby food and then mix some in with the greens, then after a few days i just put plain greens in and hes been eating them like a pro. lol.

 

[malig1117]

try feeding him baby food through a syringe thats how i got mine to eat veggies i would feed him squash baby food and then mix some in with the greens, then after a few days i just put plain greens in and hes been eating them like a pro. lol.

Do you force his mouth open by a syringe or ?.?

 

[TASTIGER]

nope just squeez some on the tip of his nose and after a few secounds he should lick it up

 

[uberelena]

What if she won't let me get that close to her nose? I have the same problem and a very antisocial baby beardie. If I don't have a superworm in my hand, she won't let me touch her head.

 

[malig1117]

nope just squeez some on the tip of his nose and after a few secounds he should lick it up

any baby food with squash? I'll try~

 

[TASTIGER]

i use squash b/c they really seem to like it

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

Ok DO NOT feed your dragon baby food if the dragon is eating already. That is a last ditch food for an ill dragon or maybe at best a treat.
To get a baby dragon to eat greens just feed your crickets the stems ov even the whole leaf of the greens you are using. As the baby eats these gut loaded crickets he/she will start to develop a taste for greens right from its favorite food. Put a small dish of greens in the tank everyday and just leave it till the nextday and replace it. I have used this method on all my babys and it works 99% of the time.

 

[TASTIGER]

well mine must be the 1% that wont get the taste from gutloaded crickets. try toms way first

 

[malig1117]

well mine must be the 1% that wont get the taste from gutloaded crickets. try toms way first

my dragon is also the 1% = =" I have gut loaded the crickets with veggies before letting my dragon eat it. I have also put a pile of fresh veggies everyday in the terrarium. I have also try handfed and starved her but also won't work. So what next = ="

 

[TASTIGER]

uhm well i said to feed them baby food (squash is what i used) then mix it with the greens and later take it out and just feed them plain greens but tom said

Ok DO NOT feed your dragon baby food if the dragon is eating already. That is a last ditch food for an ill dragon or maybe at best a treat.

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

Look if it works for you do it.
It wont hurt your dragon, but in 7 years of owning and breeding I have never once had to use baby food to get my dragons to eat greens.
I have posted pics of 2 week old babys eating them.
I just see baby food as a last ditch thing.

 

[TASTIGER]

not trying to offend you i was just saying that not all beardies get veggies right off so it takes a little more coxing to get them to eat veggies. trust me i did try gut loading and offering veggies everyday and i didnt work so i was told by a friend to try baby food and it worked. i wasnt trying to say that you didnt know what you were talking about im just saying if gut loading doesnt work try baby food

 

[TheWolfmanTom]

Not offended at all.
I belive in the K.I.S.S. method whole hartedly.
Iffin you offend youll know...lol
T

 

[TASTIGER]

ok thats good