Another silly newbie question here. My juvie dragon always has fresh water in his enclosure but since he never seems to drink I use the method suggested by his breeder, Matthew of Mystic-Dragons and offer him water in a eye dropper every morning as well. He usually drinks a several swallows of water and never seems dehydrated. The day before yesterday I was drinking a V8 juice can (classic, not the citrus blends), reading the label I realized that it covered many of the veggies I normally offer my little guy. So I filled up an eyedropper and offered him some, he loved it, drank everything I offer him and then stared at me like I was a big meany for putting the rest away. Today I spritzed his salad with V8 instead of water and I think he ate twice as many greens as he normally does.
Is there any reason not to continue offering him V8 as a suppliment to his regular diet of salad and crickets? The only drawback I can think of off hand is the possiblity of inducing diarrhea and that hasn't happened to date. I'm always worried about the possiblity of of his not consuming a balanced diet and thought this might help.
Dawn
