If he's not eating

[adtoes]

if he's not eating veggies should i give hime protein or not feed him for a few days until he eats his veggies???

 

[beardie parents]

How old is he? If he's still under a year old, he won't eat many greens. I would keep putting greens in his tank so he can eat them if he gets hungry and you can't feed him right at that moment. My littlest, Zoom Zoom is one who doesn't eat many greens but she will once in a while.

 

[adtoes]

no my guys 2years i haven't fed him crix in like 3 days cause i want him to eat his greens
he ate half a bowl yesterday

 

[peera]

Remember that since they're cold blooded they can go much longer without food than other animals. I know how guilty they can make you feel, I'm currently waging war with one of my dragons because I can't get her to touch ANY of her veggies... I'm only giving her live feeders once a week right now and she's making me feel awful because she looks so excited when I feed her in the morning and then she just stares at me and her bowl like "What the heck is this?", I've offered every staple I can find but the only thing she'll eat that isn't alive is mangos, and I can't feed her that every day. It's been weeks, but I'm still determined that I'm going to win. (I have a sneaking suspicion that my father-in-law is feeding her worms when I'm not there, and that's why it's taking so long)

 

[adtoes]

...... It's been weeks, but I'm still determined that I'm going to win. (I have a sneaking suspicion that my father-in-law is feeding her worms when I'm not there, and that's why it's taking so long)

LOL no they're making you paranoid heheheh

 

[adtoes]

what happens if you feed adults live everyday?? is it bad for them or something?

 

[peera]

Well, for one thing, they won't eat their veggies, and at this point it's supposed to be 75% veggies, 25% live. For another, if you overfeed protein to an adult they'll get fatty liver disease. You CAN feed live feeders every day, you just need to feed less than if you were doing every other, and you should only do that with adults that do eat their veggies.

 

[adtoes]

You CAN feed live feeders every day, you just need to feed less than if you were doing every other, and you should only do that with adults that do eat their veggies.

Sorry that part isn't clear could you just phrase that better?...

 

[peera]

Say you're feeding your dragon 30 superworms a week. If you feed every other day, you'd give them 10 every, say, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. If you were feeding them every day, you'd only give 4 worms a day and on Sunday give them 6. (I'm just randomly choosing days I would probably use, it's not something you'd have to follow to the letter, obviously.) Is that more clear?

 

[adtoes]

YES! thank you