One meal a day?

[MsCarter]

Hello all,
My female dragon is about 6 months old now and I've always struggled getting her to eat her veggies. She will nibble on them once in awhile but I have been mainly getting by with gutloading her insects to provide nutrition to her this way. I've noticed if I do not feed her first round of insects to her she will usually eat much more of her salad. So here's my question, at this age can I begin giving just 1 insect meal a day for supper to encourage her to eat her veggies earlier in the day? I know the general rule is to give 2 protein meals a day while they are growing but it's also good to get them to eat their salads. She's about 17 1/2 inches and 375 grams. Do you guys think at this age/size it would be wise to encourage her to eat more salad or to continue allowing her to nibble on that and keep offering the 2 protein meals a day?

 

[CooperDragon]

She's a good size but at only 6 months old I'd stick with the two bug meals for now. She probably has a couple of more inches and a couple hundred grams to go overall but maybe try the one meal per day at around 10 months and reduce from there over the next 6 months or so.

 

[MsCarter]

Thank you cooper. I'll stick with two bug meals a day and maybe just wait as long as possible before giving the first meal and see if this will encourage her to eat her veggies. Once she's 10months I'll try out one meal a day and see how she does

 

[CooperDragon]

Or perhaps you could compromise and do a second feeding every other day and see how that goes. Just monitor her weight regularly and make sure it's still trending upward.

 

[MsCarter]

That's a good idea. We will try that out and monitor her very closely. Thank you for the pointers I appreciate it