Misting the Salad

[suzjohnson]

I think that misting the salad so it looks like dew on leaves is helping my 10 wk. old Rufus eat his salads! It has taken a couple of weeks for me to put 2 & 2 together but am finally realizing it isn't a coincidence. After I mist his salad he goes and eats quite a bit of it. Even on the cool side of the enclosure, it dries out pretty quickly and, to me at least, becomes quite unappetizing. I was also recalling several posters saying their beardie was attracted to shiny things and the misting makes the greens shiny. Has anyone else experienced this? Note: I do put fresh water in the misting bottle every day and make sure to pump lots of fresh water through the uptake tube. Also sanitize everything weekly.

Suzanne

 

[Claudiusx]

Yeah I think its a good idea. As long as you can keep the humidity under control, there is no reason not to do it.

Very good trick you can use to get babies to eat salad plus, it helps the salad stay fresh longer.

-Brandon

 

[suzjohnson]

Yeah I think its a good idea. As long as you can keep the humidity under control, there is no reason not to do it.

Very good trick you can use to get babies to eat salad plus, it helps the salad stay fresh longer.

-Brandon

Humidity hovers around 15% and I mist the salad outside the enclosure so believe what evaporates off the greens not much of an issue.
Every little trick helps

Suzanne

 

[NFM07]

I read the following. "Six mornings I give each dragon a mix of greens, sprayed with water and dusted with Repti-Cal with D-3. The seventh morning I dust the wet greens with Herpivite Multi Vitamins."

Is that ok?

 

[Claudiusx]

For a baby, they should get calcium 5 days a week and vitamins twice a week. Whether you put it on the salad or dust the feeders with it, it doesn't matter.

-Brandon

 

[NFM07]

Could you do both? Thats what the caresheet I pulled that from said

 

[Claudiusx]

You should only do one or the other. You don't want to overdose.

-Brandon