My beardie wont eat

[kingofnobbys]

What exactly is gout? <<< Gout is a type of arthritis caused by too much uric acid in the bloodstream, this excess uric acid precipitates and accumulates / settles in joints and causes pain and swelling. - is very painful .


And im fed my roaches an apple slice.
<<< all the apple is giving the roaches is a source of water .... no nutrition in apple , and it forments very fast in warm weather , making the bugs who eat it drunk and potentially toxic to the lizard who is fed them, I made this mistake until I told it was not wise by my vet, was also told similar for potato slices (potato slices is another common source of hydration for the bugs).

better off using fresh carrot chunks each day to provide water to the bugs and supplying them with high calcium leafy greens (buk or puk choi are very good) .
Feed the feeder insects rubbish and the result is rubbish feeder insects of poor nutritional value to the lizard who has to eat them.


Thats what the breeder has been feeding them,but what is recomended to feed the roaches?And can i feed my beardie veggies,or is he too young?

Any greens or veg listed as good staples here ; http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutritionframeset.html
are good foods for the bugs to gut load them, and the left over greens and veg that beardie doesn't eat are fine for the bugs if they are as listed above.

I find my crickets LOVE REPCAL ADULT BEARDIE PELLETS (given straight from the bottle , as dry pellets - they fight over some pellets .... and try to steal them of each other .... LOL ...) The are better bug food than beardie food I find.

He's fine to have some greens and veg in his diet (ONLY A SMALL PART OF HIS DIET at his age).

 

[AHBD]

Actually baby beardies can have veggies [ good leafy greens like turnip, mustard, dandelion and finely shredded collards ] anytime. I have raised fast growing babies with plenty of veggies at all stages of their life, no need to hold back until the end of the day. Leafy greens don't fill them up, babies that are healthy are always ready for bugs.

But I agree with the good advice about feeding the roaches, apple can be included but other veggies are far more nutritious.

 

[Slender]

Another update:he ate two roaches on sunday,which is a lot for him,but he didnt want to eat or hunt any on monday.His belly seems full,so i dont htink he digested those roaches yet.Is that possible?Or should i be worried?He is really active and bright red so i really dont know if somethings wrong with him.He didnt poop at all since sunday.Because he is so active i dont think he has a blockage or anything like that he seems really happy,plus the new basking light i got him isreally powerfull so maybe thats the problem?its a 100 watt basking light.Im sorry but i dont know what brand it is.Though i think its an exo terra PT2138 - S25/100W

 

[Slender]

nevermind that last post i found his poop while i was watering him and he ate 4 roaches today which for him is a lot.