Was hand-fed, won't eat on his own

[CliffsMom]

Hi everyone,

Clifford has just turned 3. He free-roams in my bedroom. His basking area is 90F and the rest of the room is betwee 75 and 85F. He eats superworms and repashy insect gel for protein, and veggie repashy, squash, and collard greens for staples and some other veggies left over from my weekly groceries.
I spoil him and love to hand feed him, however I have noticed he never seems to eat out of his bowl. I work 10 hour days and I worry that he doesn't eat until I get home and feed him.

I know he loves the food because he eats and eats and eats it when I put it to his mouth.

What can I do???

 

[kingofnobbys]

Enjoy the closeness and bonding that handfeeding creates with a beardie.

All five of my pet lizards = 2 x 3yo beardies + 2 x bluetongue skinks + 1 x eastern water skink (the skinks are all older than the beardies) are all handfed their insects and greens and treats.

They do get salad/veg/pellets offered daily too.