My husband david & I just got our (trechnically his) 1st reptile yesterday, a 3 month old beardie that he calls "Raden".
Raden is very healthy & alert, but he doesn't want to eat any pellets or veggies. His breeder said she feed them silkworms (they were in the tank with them & the worms were bigger than his head), mealworms, crickets, & lettuce & carrot mix & that only her adults liked the pellets. Since we brought him home yesterday he's eaten 15 gut loaded calcum/D3 dusted crickets. We've offered him shreded lettuce, chopped carrots, chopped cherry tomatoes, yellow squash, sweet potatoes & moisten Exo Terra juvenile dragon food.
I've talked to 2 friends that have 3yr old & 7 yr old dragons & they said he's in trasition & possibly a picky eater & not to worry just yet.
Should we worry?
Amy & David
Eddited To Add: Raden is in a 20 gallion long critter cage w/ 2 inches of white calcim sand, he has a large piece of driftwood in the middle of the cage with a rock in both the warm & cool side. He aslo has a hollowed out peice of wood that he hilds under. the heat is set at 86F, cool at 70F, & humidity at 60%.
Raden is very healthy & alert, but he doesn't want to eat any pellets or veggies. His breeder said she feed them silkworms (they were in the tank with them & the worms were bigger than his head), mealworms, crickets, & lettuce & carrot mix & that only her adults liked the pellets. Since we brought him home yesterday he's eaten 15 gut loaded calcum/D3 dusted crickets. We've offered him shreded lettuce, chopped carrots, chopped cherry tomatoes, yellow squash, sweet potatoes & moisten Exo Terra juvenile dragon food.
I've talked to 2 friends that have 3yr old & 7 yr old dragons & they said he's in trasition & possibly a picky eater & not to worry just yet.
Should we worry?
Amy & David
Eddited To Add: Raden is in a 20 gallion long critter cage w/ 2 inches of white calcim sand, he has a large piece of driftwood in the middle of the cage with a rock in both the warm & cool side. He aslo has a hollowed out peice of wood that he hilds under. the heat is set at 86F, cool at 70F, & humidity at 60%.