fussy feeder

[debz]

hi i got a 9 month older beardie last week and am trying to get him on a better diet,his old diet was frozen mixed veg and crickets ive got him fresh carrot fennel red yellow and green bell pepper and bannana tried him on a diffrent veg ever day but he only had a few small bits of diced pepper.Ive also got him mealworms and wax worms and a pinky mouse he wont touch any of them any ideas how i can get him to eat diffrent food than crickets ( i heard too many of them can cause some kind of worm) and the frozen veg
any help appreciated i hate touching crawly things so if i can pick them up you would think he would be appreciative and eat the greepy things lol

 

[lauraj1055]

hi i got a 9 month older beardie last week and am trying to get him on a better diet,his old diet was frozen mixed veg and crickets ive got him fresh carrot fennel red yellow and green bell pepper and bannana tried him on a diffrent veg ever day but he only had a few small bits of diced pepper. Try getting some collard greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, and/or dandelion greens. Also some butternut squash. check out www.beautifuldragons.org under nutrition, and that tells you the best staplesIve also got him mealworms and wax worms Mealworms are not a good staple, neither are wax worms. Mealworms have too much chitten and are hard to digest, waxworms are a good treat, but too fatty as a staple. You can try superworms which aren't very expensive, and reptiworms which are full of calcium and won't need to be dusted.. don't forget to dust your feeders 5x a week with calcium 2 x with multivitamin. and a pinky mouse he wont touch any of them Don't ever feed them pinky mice it is not good for them, hard to digest too fatty and very likely to cause impaction any ideas how i can get him to eat diffrent food than crickets ( i heard too many of them can cause some kind of worm) and the frozen veg
any help appreciated i hate touching crawly things so if i can pick them up you would think he would be appreciative and eat the greepy things lol

you can order feeder tongs with worms, they grossed me about for maybe the first 2 days.. after that I was picking them up with my hand.. hornworms and silkworms are also another good feeder

 

[lauraj1055]

Sorry, I put .org instead of .com..

Here's the website:

http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html

 

[lauraj1055]

Do you have a UVB? Just making sure.. and here are some websited for feeders:

www.beardeddragon.co sells superworms and dubias

www.mulberryfarms.com sells all kinds of feeders.....

 

[debz]

thank you for the advice

 

[debz]

yes he has a 10.0 repti glo tube light i baught on sat

 

[Denduran87]

yes he has a 10.0 repti glo tube light i baught on sat

I heard the repti-glo aren't very good?