Fizzgig
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I'm fairly new the the Bearded Dragons, but I've owned plenty of other reptiles(and other animals). I've done research on them, read tons of forums, and sites to be sure I could handle, and care for one correctly.
So I got a baby Beardie, his name is Patrick. He's calm, cute, active, and seems friendly. He likes to fall asleep on me for hours, and seems to be a bit clingy. (Just giving you his personality so far) I've only had him for about 3 days.
So instead of dragging this on, I'll get to the point. I got some Collard, and Mustard Greens. (Squash as well) He also get's meal worms, and crickets. He's only ate a total of 6 meal worms, and the rest he's only eaten the veggies I listed. Not because I'm only feeding him the veggies though, I've been giving him options, a bowl with meal worms, and a bowl with the veggies. He seems to prefer the veggies though, which wouldn't be so bad if he was older. But, since he's a baby I'm a little worried that he won't get the vitamins he needs. I don't want to remove the veggies either, as when I do he still refuses to eat the insects, and runs to the veggie bowl when I put it back in. I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice they could give me so he'd eat the insects instead of just veggies. Will he be fine eating mainly veggies? Should I give him more time to settle in? I'm just worried he might get sick, or worse.
Edit: He also won't eat if he catches me looking at him, it's cute and has nothing to do with this.
Thanks in advance.
So I got a baby Beardie, his name is Patrick. He's calm, cute, active, and seems friendly. He likes to fall asleep on me for hours, and seems to be a bit clingy. (Just giving you his personality so far) I've only had him for about 3 days.
So instead of dragging this on, I'll get to the point. I got some Collard, and Mustard Greens. (Squash as well) He also get's meal worms, and crickets. He's only ate a total of 6 meal worms, and the rest he's only eaten the veggies I listed. Not because I'm only feeding him the veggies though, I've been giving him options, a bowl with meal worms, and a bowl with the veggies. He seems to prefer the veggies though, which wouldn't be so bad if he was older. But, since he's a baby I'm a little worried that he won't get the vitamins he needs. I don't want to remove the veggies either, as when I do he still refuses to eat the insects, and runs to the veggie bowl when I put it back in. I'm just wondering if anyone has any advice they could give me so he'd eat the insects instead of just veggies. Will he be fine eating mainly veggies? Should I give him more time to settle in? I'm just worried he might get sick, or worse.
Edit: He also won't eat if he catches me looking at him, it's cute and has nothing to do with this.
Thanks in advance.