Beardie Refusing Salad

[pachamama]

Hey guys. My two year old beardie (recently acquired) had been refusing salad/veggies. Occasionally she'll take some veggies but only if hand fed to her and even then she loses interest quickly. I've been giving her live feeders and she eats without a problem so appetite is clearly not an issue. I have tried holding live food and only offering the salad to see if she will opt for that if hungry enough but that hasn't helped. Any ideas?

 

[onceblue]

You could try sprinkling some bee pollen powder on the salad, that will encourage some beardies to eat. I've also heard that hiding a tiny bit of cilantro (which beardies can eat occasionally) in the salad will get the beardie to eat - tried this myself out of curiosity and my beardie (still a juvie) ate a ton of salad.

 

[pachamama]

Cool, I will definitely try the cilantro. It sounds like the ticket is appealing to sense of smell?

 

[onceblue]

That's my guess, since the smell is so strong!