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My bearded is about one year old now and has grown very picky about what he eats. Some days he won't eat any crickets, and some days he'll eat and eat and eat. I got some superworms for him and he's eaten a few of those but now he won't even look at a cricket. I also give him romaine every day and he's not eating as much of that as he normally does. Anything wrong with this?? let me know thanx

Once they hit a year old they don't need as much protein as when they were babies. My male won't even look at a cricket, but loves his worms. Feed them a variety of veggies... kale, endive, carrots (on occasion), squash, etc.

Mine is doing the same thing. I thought she was sick but i guess im wrong. My male is over a year and is eating anything that moves...
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Joey And His Bro. , Beardie Br0thaz

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Life is what happens when you are making other plans.......

Also super worms have a much higher fat content then crickets. When I feed super worms they will not eat to much the next day. As they get older they eat less protien cause they are done doing the majority of the growing. Sounds normal.
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Mystical Dragons

the others have already pretty much explained why the dragon isn't eating much insects. However I would stop feeding him romaine lettace except as an occaisonal treat. Your daily salad should use the following (2 or 3 items) as stables: Endive, collard greens, mustard greens, dandelion greens, and escarole. As a topping to the stables, you can add chopped frozen(thawed) mixed vegetables, carrots, turnup greens, kale (rarely), parsley and some fruits as occaisonal treats. (stawberries, grapes, melons). Flowers such as dandelion flowers, can also be added as a treat.

Basicaly a salad should be offered every day with crickets once or twice a week, dusted with multivitamine and calcium suppliments once or twice a week.