The reason it likes the bugs is because they are oppurtunistic feeders and genetically programed to eat bugs whenever encountered which in situ where they live is rare. Therefore if you offer bugs it will accept them instead of regular food. IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THEM TO EAT HIGH PROTEIN FOODS REGULARLY. Also as the post above states it can screw up the calcium-phospherous balance which is exceedingly important and in fact if too out of whack for too long will cause death among other serious maladies [death being the worst]....LOL..A good analogy is if you offer water consistently to desert Crotalus they will constantly drink it as it's seldom available and their genetically programed to do so. Ultimately it will cause their death as well because of too much of a good thing...Just don't offer it anything but good Cyclura food and I assure you it will eat it. Then offer bugs as a rare treat. I only allow myself crickets about once a week as I'm sure if I ate them every day the chitin would build up and give me digestive problems [just kidding]..Anyway stick with the greens...
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Tom Crutchfield

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