My guy too! All of a sudden he won’t even look at his roaches!.., never has liked salad but is eating his worms like crazy! So… I decided to try crickets.. although I didn’t want to!… and he is now devouring them! So, from all I’ve gathered, they can go they times if getting tired of on thing. Now I have a whole colony of roaches and no beardie to eat them!.. guess I’ll breed crickets now..maybe he’ll go back and forth cause there are not many more options out there!!So my beardie, Ziggy, has done this twice now and I’m am curious if this is just how beardies can be, or if there is something more.
Ziggy normally loves to devour dubia roaches, they are her favorite. Recently, for the 2nd time in just a few months, she will refuse to eat them. She just won’t. She watches then run and just doesn’t care. Where normally she would run at then with her tongue shooting out.
I would be worried if she wasn’t eating eating her salad. Her left salad isn’t fancy, which is how she likes it. It’s mainly collards with bits of kale, arugula and sometimes bok choy. I also throw in basil, cilantro and rosemary a few times a week. She refuses to eat anything that isn’t green. (I have tried so many veggies, she is just picky). Anyway I digress. She won’t eat black soldier larvae, mealworms, butterworms. She never has and I try. She will eat one superworm here or there. The only thing she will eat when she gets like this is hornworms, which my vet agrees is perfectly fine provided they are gut loaded with veggies like collards and bell peppers.
Do beardies just have this randomness about their eating? Or is there something more here I need to investigate? Hopefully she will be back to herself within a week like last time.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
I had no idea they would get bored with certain foods. I started a colony of roaches so now I’m up to my eyeballs in them! I’m just hoping one day he’ll get the notion to eat them again! And yes, my guy has no interest in chasing crickets or anything!.. so, he too, gets tong fed! He has truly trained me well!!From what I've learned, they do get bored. My guy went his whole first year happy with his crickets, and now he won't touch them. He now prefers to be pampered, so I use tongs to feed him other things. I'm not touching bugs.
That's why, even though he doesn't show interest in fruits and veggies, I still offer them. I think the only time to be really concerned is when they won't eat anything at all.
Yep! I was buying crickets 1000 at a time, then he went into brumation. When he came back out, I stocked back up and he wouldn't touch the dang things! I had a 20 gallon tank set up for just crickets, and now his picky but just watches them hop around.I had no idea they would get bored with certain foods. I started a colony of roaches so now I’m up to my eyeballs in them! I’m just hoping one day he’ll get the notion to eat them again! And yes, my guy has no interest in chasing crickets or anything!.. so, he too, gets tong fed! He has truly trained me well!!
lol! I know just how ya feel! These little guys have a mind all of their own. I got some silkworms and put a couple on top his salad and wow!! He actually ate some!… silkworms stick to everything! Lear if he gets a mind set to eat roaches again then I have whole big colony!! LolYep! I was buying crickets 1000 at a time, then he went into brumation. When he came back out, I stocked back up and he wouldn't touch the dang things! I had a 20 gallon tank set up for just crickets, and now his picky but just watches them hop around.
bearded dragons are kind of like humans this happens multiple times in their lives when they just get bored of the same everyday food maybe try a black solider fly larva or pupae or maybe super worms,meal worms srry if im a bit lateSo my beardie, Ziggy, has done this twice now and I’m am curious if this is just how beardies can be, or if there is something more.
Ziggy normally loves to devour dubia roaches, they are her favorite. Recently, for the 2nd time in just a few months, she will refuse to eat them. She just won’t. She watches then run and just doesn’t care. Where normally she would run at then with her tongue shooting out.
I would be worried if she wasn’t eating eating her salad. Her left salad isn’t fancy, which is how she likes it. It’s mainly collards with bits of kale, arugula and sometimes bok choy. I also throw in basil, cilantro and rosemary a few times a week. She refuses to eat anything that isn’t green. (I have tried so many veggies, she is just picky). Anyway I digress. She won’t eat black soldier larvae, mealworms, butterworms. She never has and I try. She will eat one superworm here or there. The only thing she will eat when she gets like this is hornworms, which my vet agrees is perfectly fine provided they are gut loaded with veggies like collards and bell peppers.
Do beardies just have this randomness about their eating? Or is there something more here I need to investigate? Hopefully she will be back to herself within a week like last time.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Thanks for the reply. Sadly Ziggy has never liked BSFL, mealworms, superworms, or butter worms. She is so picky. I have tried so many times lolbearded dragons are kind of like humans this happens multiple times in their lives when they just get bored of the same everyday food maybe try a black solider fly larva or pupae or maybe super worms,meal worms srry if im a bit late
where do i get 1000 crickets at a time?Yep! I was buying crickets 1000 at a time, then he went into brumation. When he came back out, I stocked back up and he wouldn't touch the dang things! I had a 20 gallon tank set up for just crickets, and now his picky but just watches them hop around.
have you tried giving her horn worms? and maybe to encourage her to eat find a safe for them to consume red dust that can go on top of the dubia roaches bearded dragons go crazy over the color redThanks for the reply. Sadly Ziggy has never liked BSFL, mealworms, superworms, or butter worms. She is so picky. I have tried so many times lol
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?