Pellets at what age?

[Whitenerj]

What age can you add the bearded dragon pellet food to their salad? My baby is 2.5 months old and I was wondering if she could benefit from pellet food.

Also, So far she doesn't touch her salad so what are so tricks to get her to eat salad?

 

[MsCarter]

It is completely normal for young beardies to refuse veggies. Keep offering them, try hand feeding and even putting a few phoenix worms in the salad this will sometimes encourage them to try them out. I honestly would stay away from pellets. Some people use them but as long as you are dusting and using vitamins it's really not recommended. I have even herd some claim they cause digestive issue, not sure how true that is as I've never used them. I do know a lot of beardies don't like them. These guys love live good they get off on movement.
At this age your little one needs mostly protein in order to grow. I would honestly just keep offering veggies and greens in small amounts but don't worry to much, as long as he is getting plenty of live food he will be fine.

 

[Whitenerj]

Sounds good. I just chopped a fresh salad for my little stinker with mustard greens and butternut squash. I'll try the Phoenix worm trick too. Thanks.

 

[kingofnobbys]

With Puff and Rex I was mixing softened repcal juvenile beardie and vetafarm lizard pellets with the grated carrot and sweet potato finely chopped raw beans and raw peas and processed buk choy greens mixture from the get go, and they were a gram or 2 each of this mixture along with their crickets and silkworms each day as hatchlings 6wks and older.

With Toothless and Peppa , I've not been mixing in the softened pellets with grated veg and greens mix.

I've found the pellets are a better food for the crickets and superworms. The crickets love the repcal adult beardie pellets dry straight from the bottle.

Live insects and fresh greens and vegs (chopped or grated) are best for your little young beardie. Even with adult beardies , I'd only offer pellets as an occasional food mixed with greens , salad and veg.

At 2.5 months old I'd be very pleased if the little beardie ate any greens or veg (hard veg are best grated) , I have been lucky enough to always have little hatchlings who come to me from their breeders eating some greens and grated vegs from the get go (as young as 5 weeks old).

If your's isn't interested in the greens and salad yet , I wouldn't be concerned , just keep offering fresh greens and grated veg each day (with the SECOND live feeding) , this way you can sure your little one will get plenty of high quality calcium, and insect protein and insect fats so it can grow and develop properly. Greens and veg at this age are a bonus.