Ryuofthenorth
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- Beardie name(s)
- Still deciding
Hello!
I recently got my first bearded dragon, and I'm having trouble getting him (or her, not sure yet) to eat. I got him on Thursday of last week (9/26), and I've been offering mustard greens, turnip greens, snow peas, carrots, summer squash, butternut squash, sweet potato, strawberry, and crickets (with calcium, of course). So far, I've only managed to get him to eat maybe 6 or 7 crickets, a tiny bit of steamed mashed summer squash with carrot, and a tiny bit of butternut squash mixed with sweet potato. After doing some research online, I read that it was okay to offer baby food if the beardie is being picky, as long as it's just veggies and water and nothing else. So, the butternut and sweet potato is actually baby food. He seems to be healthy from what I can tell and is going to the bathroom fine. Is he just stressed from the transition to my home? Any suggestions on how to get him to eat more?
I recently got my first bearded dragon, and I'm having trouble getting him (or her, not sure yet) to eat. I got him on Thursday of last week (9/26), and I've been offering mustard greens, turnip greens, snow peas, carrots, summer squash, butternut squash, sweet potato, strawberry, and crickets (with calcium, of course). So far, I've only managed to get him to eat maybe 6 or 7 crickets, a tiny bit of steamed mashed summer squash with carrot, and a tiny bit of butternut squash mixed with sweet potato. After doing some research online, I read that it was okay to offer baby food if the beardie is being picky, as long as it's just veggies and water and nothing else. So, the butternut and sweet potato is actually baby food. He seems to be healthy from what I can tell and is going to the bathroom fine. Is he just stressed from the transition to my home? Any suggestions on how to get him to eat more?