My dragon is @4-5 inches long. Ive had him for a month. His diet currently is as follows:
breakfast: 15-25 pinhead crickets, lunch: 15-25 pinhead crickets dinner: baby food, (raspberry/ peach, or carrot mango). Once a week I give him greenbean baby food. I give him colored greens once a day. The greens is what he does not like at all. Does any one have any suggestions? Currently I use mustard greens. He ate them once, and wont have anything to do with them anymore. Ive tried to hand feed him. What kind of greens, or veggies could work better? I mist him a couple of times a day, and he has a water bowl. I dust his crickets twice a week with Dragon Dust ICB.
2007-02-18 14:35:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Baby beardies don't always take to greens right away... Just keep trying, and maybe mix them up to see what he likes. Other options are collard greens, endive, escarole, dandelion greens (usually appreciated), bok choy, turnip greens, and limited amounts of kale and romaine. NO spinach though.
Otherwise the diet sounds good, though you need to get a good calcium powder (Repcal or the like) to use once a week. The Dragon Dust is fine for vitamins etc... But it doesn't have near the calcium they need
2007-02-18 15:06:36 · answer #1 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
First I would not always use the same greens, second they seem to like the variety and colors of a beardie salad(no lettuce though) I use collard greens, mustard greens, chicory, kale and butter nut squash. I would suggest smearing the baby food that he likes best through the salad and you can add some beardie pellets or beardie bites. I hear they absolutely love cactus pad(can sometimes find at the grocery store)so you can mix some of that in too. I would only offer salad till around noon and then offer crickets. They are usually really hungry in the morning and they usually will eat the salad rather then wait. You can also try dropping peices of greens one by one into the bowl from above, the dropping motion will sometimes illicit the hunting response and they will attack or you can, when you feed crickets, drop them into the salad one by one. When he/she goes to get a cricket, chances are good that he will also get some greens...yay!
Good luck,
2007-02-20 10:00:55 · answer #2 · answered by Dale d 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi - feel free to message me with any questions regarding bearded dragons. Also, http://www.repticozone.com is a great resource! My username is the same. There are many experienced keepers there that really helped me! Your beardie needs to get all the crickets she/he wants in a 15 minute period 2-3 times daily. 100 is not uncommon. About the greens, be sure and offer a very wide variety. Go to http://www.beautifuldragons.com for the best info on the herbivorous diet of bearded dragons. Like someone else said, hatchling beardies tend to eat more insects and less greens, then it gradually changes as they get older. Again, feel free to message me. I'm happy to help. Have a good day and good luck!
2007-02-18 15:16:00 · answer #3 · answered by DracoLvr 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well at a young age of a bearded dragon life you should just feed him more crickets instead of veggies for now because they switch their diet as they get older into veggies but i think you should experiment with all different kinds of greens
and see if he like the others better
And trust me my bearded dragon only like greeny lettus out of all other veggies
2007-02-18 14:59:33 · answer #4 · answered by animalhouser07 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Fruit should just be a treat and not fed everyday. He wont get the taste for greens if you give him fruit so often. I use a mini chopper and chop various greens (dandelion greens is a favorite with mine), squash, peas, sweet potato, bell peppers and mix it up for variety.
2007-02-19 00:45:05 · answer #5 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sounds like your got yourself a healthy eater try finely chopping the greens and putting them in the baby food. if he likes the baby food he cant help but to get some greens in with it.
2007-02-18 14:46:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Don't try any kind of lettuce it is unhealthy for him but you can try escarole, dandelion, endive, and kale.
Good veggies are winter squash like acorn, pumpkin, butternut, aslo peas, green beans, parsnip, and green bell peppers.
2007-02-18 16:48:45 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You know the amount of food he is eating, it is no wonder that your beardie does not want to eat greens, don't fret your baby is getting ample protein, my beardie only started eating greens at the age of 4 months, don't try forcing him to eat the greens, he will eat them when he is ready. he is getting what he needs in the food that he is getting, your beardie is healthy, leave it at that
2007-02-18 19:01:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
we used to feed lettuce and carrots that were cut small and done on the grater
2007-02-19 11:35:01 · answer #9 · answered by MommyCaleb 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋