Quick note about the gaping - if it (not trying to be impersonal) gapes while in its basking spot, it is trying to cool down. This is normal and not to worry about unless it gapes frequently. The best way to tell if the temperatures are too high (too low, or whatever) is to buy a temperature gun. These use infrared to measure temperature and are GREAT - they even work on measuring water temp for
bathing! I bought mine on Amazon for $18. In case you're interested, here's the link:
http://smile.amazon.com/Nubee-Tempe...id=1423613056&sr=8-1&keywords=temperature+gun
Don't worry too much about getting it to eat greens - at this age it should be eating a lot of bugs anyway. Gut loaded crickets are fine, Dubia roach nymphs are better, phoenix worms (aka black soldier fly larvae) are best due to high calcium content. Make sure to dust the first two with a good calcium powder. Rep-Cal's calcium with D3 is generally considered to be the best. Whatever you choose, you should be offering them daily, as many as your baby can eat.
You should have dark, leafy greens available for your beardie every day, regardless of whether it eats them. The important thing here is that you offer high quality greens like:
- collard greens
- mustard greens
- turnip greens
- dandelion greens
- alfalfa
- cactus pad
Cut them in really small pieces for your baby to eat easily. You can coat them with baby food to make them more palatable - this has worked for many people. There's a list of beardie-friendly fruits and veggies at
http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutritionframeset.html. It's kinda the beardie feeding bible.
Another good resource is
http://pogopogona.com/feeding-bearded-dragons/what-do-bearded-dragons-eat.
Sorry for the long post, but I hope this helps!