What is in YOUR beardy's salad?

[klm15975]

I give snowpeas.

Do you give them raw or cooked?

 

[Paradon]

I give all the veggies to my animals raw... But you can cook the winter squash a bit so it taste better for finicky eater.

 

[ncsweetpea]

Phoenix is a year old and he eats mustard or turnip greens, zucchini and carrots. He gets 25-50 crickets a week. One time I let him eat as many as he wanted but he threw them up a few days later. I think he ate almost 30 at one time. He seems to love them.
I want to buy these worms everyone is talking about but I am not sure where to get them-dubias?? I tried earthworms and he doesnt seem to care about them, I tried mealworms but I hear they are not healthy for my beardie. He just doesnt seem like the WORM type. Maybe the dubias will work better for him.

 

[RobertsKitty]

Phoenix is a year old and he eats mustard or turnip greens, zucchini and carrots. He gets 25-50 crickets a week. One time I let him eat as many as he wanted but he threw them up a few days later. I think he ate almost 30 at one time. He seems to love them.
I want to buy these worms everyone is talking about but I am not sure where to get them-dubias?? I tried earthworms and he doesnt seem to care about them, I tried mealworms but I hear they are not healthy for my beardie. He just doesnt seem like the WORM type. Maybe the dubias will work better for him.

From what I understand throwing up is a bad sign for lizards and has nothing to do with how much they eat. Ikran can eat 30 dubia a day easily. You might want to swing by a vet and get Phoenix checked out to be safe. You should allow them to eat as many bugs as they want.

 

[izz]

I give snowpeas.

Do you give them raw or cooked?

I give them raw, cut into pieces, but if hes lucky he takes a bite out of a full one :lol: . He REALLY loves snowpeas!!!

 

[melissa102787]

Phoenix is a year old and he eats mustard or turnip greens, zucchini and carrots. He gets 25-50 crickets a week. One time I let him eat as many as he wanted but he threw them up a few days later. I think he ate almost 30 at one time. He seems to love them.
I want to buy these worms everyone is talking about but I am not sure where to get them-dubias?? I tried earthworms and he doesnt seem to care about them, I tried mealworms but I hear they are not healthy for my beardie. He just doesnt seem like the WORM type. Maybe the dubias will work better for him.

Dubia are cockroaches, not worms. If you want to try them out, you can send me a PM, I breed them/sell them. Dubia are great, they smell less than crickets, they can't climb as well either. No noise. No biting. And they hold more nutrition value. Most importantly, they are not like a German or American cockroach( they are not going to infest). They are also big so your beardie will eat less of them.

Throwing up isn't a good sign. I really think some dragons need to be monitored when eating, some will most definitely over eat and can get impacted or throw up every where. I have several that I have to feed a few bugs at a time and then cut them off when they have eaten enough.

The meal worms have high chitin in their shell, that is why most people tell you not to feed them as a staple for beardies. The superworms( which are different species than mealworms) have a little less chitin so there is less of a chance of impaction.

 

[dragonlover3]

my 2 are picky, picky eaters!
Talon will only eat collards and a few slices of raw butternut squash but he will only eat
the squash if I use a potato peeler and make paper-thin slices, then he wolfs it down.
{He won't eat it if chopped up into small pieces} and occasionally shredded carrot.
Moya has been sick so she is being syringe fed right now, but when she is eating she will only
eat mustard greens and a bite or 2 of occasional shredded carrot.
Even though I've offered tons of other veggies and fruit, they refuses to eat anything else.
So happy to have vits. and supplements

 

[blue11]

Collard (LOVES COLLARDS) and Mustard Greens are Blue's staple greens.
for treats she gets some apple (LOVES APPLES!)
occasionally, here and there ... she will get a little bit of sweet potato, and ONCE in a while some little gloops of banana on the tip of nose to lick up for her sweet tooth.
She is just entering that "salad stage" as she is in the 8 month range old now, so up until now she wasnt much of a veggie/fruit girl. Just roaches worms roaches worms. lol. BUT lately, its been a turn around! yay for Blue! im happy!!

now that she is interested, im thinking of other surprise occasional veggies or fruits to try out with her. Been thinking of some grapes, squashes (tried yellow and butternut when she was younger but booooo she didnt like it, hoping that will change now!) and raspberries to give her.
She is in a semi brumation right now, so she is down for about 4 days and up eating, pooping and basking for 1 day ... during that ONE day she eats her collards and mustard greens only, she wont go for her proteins right now, so its interesting to try things while she is being adventurous with the stuff!
VERY COOL THREAD!
i got some cool ideas to try. and i have always wanted try to peas with her, so i should go get some from the fresh produce section
thanks for the thread
HAVE A BEARDIFUL DAY!!
~Emily and Miss Bluebelle

 

[lastplaneteer]

Butternut Squash is their favorite, so quite a bit of it.
Collard Greens
Sweet Potato
Mango
Green Beans
Mustard Greens
Peas
Blackberries
Strawberries
Melon
Beardie Bites
And sometimes Broccoli. They really like it, but the smell makes me kind of ill so I don't get it too often.

And I top their food off with Calcium powder

 

[YukiLokiYamiCleo]

Hmm lets see Yuki gets soo many veggies lol I give her collard greens, mustard greens, squash,arugula...still trying to find dandelion greens lol. Oh dont forget the occasional bannana..she loves them too bad she can only have them once a month. ps. and the prize at the bottom is a phoenix worm or 2 haha. ^,.,^

 

[allaboutfish]

mustard and turnip greens everyday
squash and carrots every other day (on different days)
grapes once a week

 

[carlisv]

Our beardies, both adult males, get at least two greens daily - I rotate collards, mustard, turnip and dandelion. They also get either shredded yams or shredded squash (they prefer butternut). When they were younger they liked their squash warmed for a few seconds in the microwave to bring the sweetness out. Now they just eat it raw. I also add sliced fresh green beans, snap peas, pea pods, carrots or asparagus. For variety I rotate kale, celery leaves, cilantro, or italian parsley. Neither one likes fruit. When they're available, I pick dandelion flowers from my vet's office - she doesn't spray for that reason. I wish you could freeze them! I'd love to try either yucca or cactus pads but don't know where to find them. Any ideas?

 

[melissa102787]

Our beardies, both adult males, get at least two greens daily - I rotate collards, mustard, turnip and dandelion. They also get either shredded yams or shredded squash (they prefer butternut). When they were younger they liked their squash warmed for a few seconds in the microwave to bring the sweetness out. Now they just eat it raw. I also add sliced fresh green beans, snap peas, pea pods, carrots or asparagus. For variety I rotate kale, celery leaves, cilantro, or italian parsley. Neither one likes fruit. When they're available, I pick dandelion flowers from my vet's office - she doesn't spray for that reason. I wish you could freeze them! I'd love to try either yucca or cactus pads but don't know where to find them. Any ideas?

Sometimes Fauna classifieds has people selling cactus pads. I bought a bunch last summer and tried growing my own...haha which isn't working out that fantastic, I live in Massachusetts. My beardies love cactus pads though!