Juvenile Dragon picky picky eater

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Ok so we've had our Beardie about 3 maybe 4 weeks now. At first she was eating pin head crickets no problem, she'd do 15 or 20 a day in the morning. Then she slowed down as she began to shed, Tail, head and now looks like her legs are getting ready to go. Head is just finishing up.

But she's crazy picky and frankly kinda lazy about it. Our pet store ran out of pinheads and only have medium/large available. They are maybe a bit longer then the space between her eyes but not by much. She has had no problem eating them when she is willing to bother. When I feed her in the morning she appears hungry and interested. And she'll gladly eat.. until one of them gets away, she may make a second attempt to capture it, but typically once one escape's shes finished, if you catch and and bring it back, or get a fresh on, she just turns her nose up at it. She refuses to eat Salad or any veggies, just ignores them. She goes crazy for Superworms but I only maybe give her one, possibly two because at least she's eating. She poops at least once a day. Looks normal. Always has the white part also. Should I be concerned with her dietary choices?
 

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Sometimes they are picky around shed time and between growth spurts. They sometimes get sick of their main feeder too but this is usually temporary. Instead of supers I'd give black soldier fly larvae a try. They are small and a relatively nutritious treat. That may help get her interest back in eating although I think she'll start digging back into the crickets again after a while either way.
 

Batrist

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Unfortunitly my options up here in the small area I live in my feeder options are very limited, I can get crickets, Superworms or Meal worms. I Do have about 70 BSFL but they were is sickly poor shape when I got them, damn near dead looking and a long way's from apitizing, they are feeding/gutloading at the moment, but they won't be worth eating for at least another week I don't think.. but they are very difficult to get here, I also can't get feeders in my mail until the spring, it's far to cold way up here for mail delivery :(
 

Deabrua

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Im not sure what kind of temps you're dealing with, but we hit 20F here overnight and have managed to still get crix on order with minimal if any losses.
 
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