Beardy loves his greens, not his protein

[Thesubwild]

He so I have a baby bearded dragon that I got about 2 weeks ago.

He is roughly 6 inches

Normally he eats 3-5 small/medium dubia roaches, and then will not eat anymore.
The strange thing is that he loves to eat his greens and will eat tons of collard greens.

Is this bad that he isn't getting a lot of protein?

 

[Thesubwild]

Today he once again ate only 5 roaches and then will eat his collard greens and will eat more if i try to hand feed them to him..

Is this bad???

 

[ruben0311]

since he is little he needs to get his protein in so he can build muscular and skeletal weight. its awesome that he eats his greens though. keep feeding him as you are though, he knows what he needs as his appetite makes him eat what he needs. do you feed him separately? like feeders first and then greens? or are they both available at the same time? maybe if you separate the feedings a bit he'll eat more feeders since he doesnt have a big option. dont give too much though as you'll want to keep him eating those greens.

 

[Thesubwild]

since he is little he needs to get his protein in so he can build muscular and skeletal weight. its awesome that he eats his greens though. keep feeding him as you are though, he knows what he needs as his appetite makes him eat what he needs. do you feed him separately? like feeders first and then greens? or are they both available at the same time? maybe if you separate the feedings a bit he'll eat more feeders since he doesnt have a big option. dont give too much though as you'll want to keep him eating those greens.

I usually put the roaches in a small container that he jumps right into and gobbles up, and while that happens i get the greens ready, and just leave them in there all day. I also put some juvenile pellets with the greens as well.

Should I not leave the greens in there all day, or should i continue to do it the same?

 

[ruben0311]

definitely continue to leave the greens in, try and give him more feeders if you can and see if he continues to eat them. if not then just make sure you have vitamin supplements you are using on the greens

 

[Thesubwild]

definitely continue to leave the greens in, try and give him more feeders if you can and see if he continues to eat them. if not then just make sure you have vitamin supplements you are using on the greens

which vitamin suppliments would you recommend?

 

[ruben0311]

I have Repashy brand supplements although I'm no expert on the various kinds you can get.