teaching to eat greens!

[jamesGriffith]

hey everyone i was wondering if you had some tips on getting my baby bearded dragon to eat salad? i have had him for around maybe 2 weeks now and he eats mostly crickets but iv been puting greens in his food bowl so he gets used to it but he seems to want no part of them lol i tried putting tiny carrots chopped up really small aswell along with the greens and still no luck also tried moving the greens around to get him interested but yea he doesnt seem to want them he just runs around the tank i read that they dont normally eat greens (alot of them) untill there a bit older but i was told to put them in his bowl anyways while hes young so its easier to teach him. anyways thanks for the help any tips will be appreciated

 

[ZakThomasson]

try curly kale or rocket salad, my new beardie is 14 weeks and is ADDICTED to rocket! i only got him yesterday and he's already eaten about 1 and a half handfulls in one day and a night!!!! try offering your little guy these veg by hand, my beardie koshe likes that, he didnt get hand fed at his old owners!

 

[jamesGriffith]

hey thanks much! i tried mustard greens and one other i cant remember name but he wants nothing to do with them lol. i tried to hand feed em but he just like yea noo..... whats that "rocket salad" thing you mentioned? not sure i heard of it .

 

[Esther19]

In England they call it "rocket." Someone just said the other day what it was called here in the U.S., but I forgot. If and when I recover from my senior moment, I'll check back in.

 

[ZakThomasson]

yeah, we call it rocket over here, i think its called ''arugula'' somthing like that!

 

[jamesGriffith]

ahh arugala sounds more familiar! thanks alot. iv tried a few and he just doesnt seem to want them at all maybe one of these other 2 will work! anyways thanks for the help ill post again to tell if it worked or not

 

[ZakThomasson]

haha, gooood, theres a thread on here somewhere where somebdys beardie stoped eating vegtables, maybe have a look at that, i'll get the link in a minute.a beardie should eat veg out of instinct shouldnt they? my beardie when i put him in my new viv walked around a bit then had a nibble from the dish. another thing they quite like is curly kale apparently, but i havent tried that one yet! he should just eat it when he feels like it? they wouldnt be taught in the wild?

 

[jamesGriffith]

well you would think they would naturally eat it but mines a baby that iv only had for a couple weeks now and i think hes slowly learning so far i tried mustard greens, collard greens, and kayle and so far he only likes the kayle. he doesnt straight up eat it but he nibbles at them from time to time. i think when hes a bit bigger he will be more into it.

 

[Nova1014]

Im in the same boat you are, as ive only had my girl a couple weeks.. shes about 8 weeks old and still not eating greens. However i have slowly gotten her to eat tiny pieces of green beans and grapes (peeled grapes of course, shes spoiled!) Heres a link that may help

http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html

 

[ZakThomasson]

haha, good. my beardie is 14 weeks and eats loads of greens, i dont think he was taught!

 

[Goodtruant]

Our beardie loves rocket (arugula) and cilantro, we try to mix that with collard, and kale, but he just picks out what he wants, hehe.

 

[coco88]

just to let you know the baby beardies eat more crickets than but when they get older they will eat more greens and less crickets.

 

[ZakThomasson]

yeah, like 20% greens and 80% live foods