gzambran
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Hi everyone,
This isn't urgent at all, but I'm curious to see what other people think. My little boy, Alejandro is about a year old now. Most other beardies I know that are around his age will happily eat their salads and veggies. He has been offered collard greens and shredded carrots since I got him when he was about one month old. He occasionally eats his collard greens, but really doesn't touch the other chopped fruits or veggies that I offer him. I tried mustard greens and turnip greens for variety but he was not a fan of those either. I feel like it is important for him to get the fiber, water and vitamins from his vegetables. I always offer the greens first thing in the morning and wait before giving him silkworms/ pheonix worms / crickets. I do not want to with-hold food from him and "force" him to eat the vegetables, because he usually seems quite hungry for his worms. He is by no means skinny (4 out of 5 on 5 point body condition score scale) but I still don't want him to go hungry just to try to get him to be a more adventurous eater. He will eat fruit/ veggie flavored baby food, just not the actual solid foods. I am not sure how to better convince him to eat more veggies. Has anyone else had a beardie that refused salads? Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.
This isn't urgent at all, but I'm curious to see what other people think. My little boy, Alejandro is about a year old now. Most other beardies I know that are around his age will happily eat their salads and veggies. He has been offered collard greens and shredded carrots since I got him when he was about one month old. He occasionally eats his collard greens, but really doesn't touch the other chopped fruits or veggies that I offer him. I tried mustard greens and turnip greens for variety but he was not a fan of those either. I feel like it is important for him to get the fiber, water and vitamins from his vegetables. I always offer the greens first thing in the morning and wait before giving him silkworms/ pheonix worms / crickets. I do not want to with-hold food from him and "force" him to eat the vegetables, because he usually seems quite hungry for his worms. He is by no means skinny (4 out of 5 on 5 point body condition score scale) but I still don't want him to go hungry just to try to get him to be a more adventurous eater. He will eat fruit/ veggie flavored baby food, just not the actual solid foods. I am not sure how to better convince him to eat more veggies. Has anyone else had a beardie that refused salads? Any tips or tricks would be appreciated.