Hi,
I've posted about this a couple of times, but am looking for more advice.
I have a hatchling that's now 6 weeks old - and it still refuses to eat salad - I've tried everything;
- Putting small feeder insects in to entice feeding response from salad moving - just picked the insects out.
- Moving and prompting in front of face
- Withholding insects until about midday-early afternoon
- Leaving in during the day and night - changed every morning - nothing
- Different greens - spinach, kale, rocket as well as carrot.
I know that hatchlings need more protein than salad - especially this young - but at what point does getting no salad become nutritionally dangerous?
I have only had him a week and per the advice received on this forum have completely reduced if not stopped handling and baths - so is it still an acclimation issue?
I have been offering crickets and woodies (wood roaches) and he'll readily eat both - is it true that woodies nutritionally wise should assist in hydration? I know that they're cleaner and more nutritious overall than crickets - but if I can't get him to drink from his bath, eat greens or drink water dripped on nose - are the insects enough?
I know that with dragons you have to start salad young as adults can be a pain to switch over to it - but I feel defeated.
If I offer salad when I wake up - late morning / midday (till I start training at my new job) doing everything above - I'll normally just leave the dragon alone and leave the bowl in and wait for an hour or two and then offer insects (so it eats something) and it'll eat them no problem.
I've posted about this a couple of times, but am looking for more advice.
I have a hatchling that's now 6 weeks old - and it still refuses to eat salad - I've tried everything;
- Putting small feeder insects in to entice feeding response from salad moving - just picked the insects out.
- Moving and prompting in front of face
- Withholding insects until about midday-early afternoon
- Leaving in during the day and night - changed every morning - nothing
- Different greens - spinach, kale, rocket as well as carrot.
I know that hatchlings need more protein than salad - especially this young - but at what point does getting no salad become nutritionally dangerous?
I have only had him a week and per the advice received on this forum have completely reduced if not stopped handling and baths - so is it still an acclimation issue?
I have been offering crickets and woodies (wood roaches) and he'll readily eat both - is it true that woodies nutritionally wise should assist in hydration? I know that they're cleaner and more nutritious overall than crickets - but if I can't get him to drink from his bath, eat greens or drink water dripped on nose - are the insects enough?
I know that with dragons you have to start salad young as adults can be a pain to switch over to it - but I feel defeated.
If I offer salad when I wake up - late morning / midday (till I start training at my new job) doing everything above - I'll normally just leave the dragon alone and leave the bowl in and wait for an hour or two and then offer insects (so it eats something) and it'll eat them no problem.