Bearded Dragon wont eat any veggies NOTHING

[Gibbsy01]

So I’ve had my bearded dragon since last May, owned for 8 months, but he is 9 months old. So I’ll tell the story before my question, ever since I got him, around 3 to 4 months I introduced veggies. At first he was very hesitant but over time ate them slowly, and he loved them. He ate sweet peppers and arugula. He ate a whole bowl full in one sitting and then 20 crickets. But now for the past 2 months he literally on a flip of a switch stopped eating veggies and now only crickets, and I don’t know what to do. I have tried everything, literally everything to get him to eat veggies, dropping food in, colors, water drops, everything and nothing works. He is coming to the age where he needs to eat mostly veggies and he won’t. I set the veggies in his cage and he basically just looks away, but sure I drop crickets in there and instantly runs for his life to them. I’m getting so angry because he does that and it drives me nuts. Right now sounds cruel, but I’m on day 2 of no veggies no crickets and I need help, because he will need all veggies soon and I’m at a loss for words right now, ideas or help?

 

[CooperDragon]

He may be working on another growth spurt and needs the bug protein. I'd continue giving him plenty of bugs for now. Make the salads available too but don't be too worried about him ignoring them. He won't be fully grown until about 18-24 months and his growth may not slow down until 12-18 months. You'll see his appetite start to decrease a bit when he's ready to start switching over to his salads and it's usually a gradual change. Since he's already familiar with his salads that should help out quite a lot. Just be patient for now and let him dictate what he needs at the moment though, he's still fairly young =).