We are lucky in more than just that. We are lucky we found this site the same week we brought him home. Although I asked repeatedly if we had everything we needed for his good health, we weren't told about a
UVB bulb...infact, we were given a lot of unhelpful information. I had a job where I occasionally helped take care of a bearded dragon (which is where I fell in love with them) and I knew it was a little off so I started looking for better information. Thank goodness this is one of the first sites I found!
Norris has had a tiny salad in his viv since almost the first day. He ignored it completely day after day! Sometimes he would take a bit of green off my fingers, though... Actually, his first independent interest in salad is also my first blog post on this thread. I made him a humungous salad for his 5 week anniversary and he ran for it! At first he would only eat salad if I put mango or blueberries on it...we've weened him off of that though he still gets squash and occasional fruit treats. He still likes to see something colorful but will eventually eat it, regardless.
EDIT: well, I thought I'd film Norris attacking his salad and I gave him a blackberry as a treat...he swallowed it almost whole. Now I'm going to worry about stomach aches! As soon as I can figure out my vid making program, I'll post it.
and he licked the camera!!