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hi all, i am 15 beardies, and i give them greens all the time. It takes so long to cut them up. i am wondering if there is something i can use to make it go faster? any ideas? thanks..

If your parents have one you could use one of these. If not im sure you could find a bargain brand at a store close by.
Manual food chopper

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0.1 Veiled Chameleon (Lola)
0.1 Leopard Gecko (Cleo)
1.0 Bearded Dragon (Flash)
1.0 Great Dane (Hercules)

Hmm, not sure if you are 15 years old or have 15 bearded dragons to feed. A food chopper certainly can help speed things up but in my experience, the chopping doesn't take that long to do. It takes me less than 5 minutes to wash and cut up greens for three lizards who need to eat a daily salad. I just make up enough to last me about a week, use a zip lock bag to store the cut greens and portion it up as needed daily. I find it takes me longer to wash and clean the greens than it does to chop them.

However, if you do have 15 dragons, it will take longer than 5 minutes to prepare food for them all. IN this case, I would make enough for a week and divvy it up in a few ziplock bags, or one huge bag. I suggest adding quickly rotting stuff such as fruits, daily, instead of mixing it all up right away.
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PHLdyPayne

I guess i did a typo there, lol no i am not 15 lol i have 15 bearded dragons... how funny,,, i guess i should read my message twice huh? LOL they like the romain lettuce best.. i always cut the middle strip out because it seems to hard for them to eat. them i cut the rest up. i go threw like 2 heads , plus zuccinni and carrots for them.i grade them up with a metal grader lol.. and fruit a couple times a week.. sorry for my spelling..

Although I agree beardies seem to love romaine best, I only feed it to hatchlings along with mustard greens to get them interested in eating salads. Then I feed it rarely. Here's a great nutrition site.

http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html