"BroccoLeaf" safe for beardies?

[Synastral]

So we went to the grocery store last night and I picked out Nefarian's veggies, and what I thought was collard greens, turned out to be this thing I've never heard of, called "BroccoLeaf". I still have a bit of kale from last week and it hasn't spoiled, but I just want to make sure this won't hurt him?

 

[illuminis]

after looking it up "Broccoleaf" is like it sounds the leaf of broccoli and broccoli is a feed rarely so I wouldn't feed it too often.
I'm no expert because I can't get mine to eat veggies yet but that's what I would think.

 

[Katiema10]

Hey, just wanted to let you know that kale binds calcium and shouldn't be fed to them if you want them to keep the calcium you are giving them. As far as broccoleaf, it's just the leaf version of broccoli. It has all the same components.

 

[Synastral]

Yeah, I'm aware, however it's the only thing he'll even look at. Only reason I wanted to pick up some collard greens is because I really want to get him off of the kale. He isn't a fan of his veggies and is mostly into his crickets or superworms.

I've tried to get him to eat other things but it just sits in his bowl all day and doesn't even look at it.

I've tried collard greens, mustard greens, dandilion greens, butternut squash, and bok choy once.

 

[Katiema10]

Try to color it up with some bell peppers. That tends to get their attention.

 

[Synastral]

Try to color it up with some bell peppers. That tends to get their attention.

Doesn't interest him. I've tried the putting superworms in the bowl trick as well, but he just picks out the superworms.

 

[Katiema10]

How old is he?

 

[Synastral]

How old is he?

I'd say around 2½ yrs old. I've had him for over 2 years but he looked about 3 months old when I got him.

 

[Katiema10]

And he's never liked veggies? Our three year old won't touch his veggies unless I give him no choice. Try taking the meat option away for a day and see if he'll go for the salad when he gets hungry.

 

[Synastral]

And he's never liked veggies? Our three year old won't touch his veggies unless I give him no choice. Try taking the meat option away for a day and see if he'll go for the salad when he gets hungry.

I took meat away for about 2 weeks trying to get him to eat his veggies about a year ago, and he'd occasionally nibble at it, and then just leave the rest of it alone (nibble being about 5-6 pieces). He ended up getting kind of skinny.

 

[Katiema10]

That's weird. Maybe just slow down on them then? After you see him eat some greens, then offer the meats?