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i currently have my beardie on a diet of crickets and collard greens every day. Should i be feeding him other vegetables? if so what?

thanks

Mustard greens, collard greens, carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, melons, grapes, things like that. Plus some mealworms, and pinky mice every once in awhile won't hurt.

>>i currently have my beardie on a diet of crickets and collard greens every day. Should i be feeding him other vegetables? if so what?
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>>thanks

more nutrients avaiable to them and not overload them on higher oxalatic acid foods... some dragons really enjoy certain greens and veggies like squash, pumpkin, sweet potatoe and snow pea pods are favorites of my guys. Also they love dandelion greens and flowers along with hibiscus flowers.

This is my salad:

1/2 cup of collard greens or kale
1/4 cup of mustard greens, or romaine lettuce, or mixed greens such as a commercial packaged spring mix if the others are not available.
1/2 cup of snow peas and/or green beans
4-5 finger carrots
1/2 cup squash
1/4 cup pumpkin or sweet potatoes
2 raspberries or 1 strawberries
1/4 cup of peach, pear or melon
4 skinned grapes or 1/8 cup melon

You can mix different items to give them variety until you know which they like best, but I try to give 2 main greens, 2 vegetables and 2 fruits daily

Slice or tear greens into small pieces and set into a small container with lid, then either chopped finely, grate or in a food processor dice up the vegetables, you can sprinkle over the salad and store it that way or keep in a separate container and sprinkle over the greens when you feed. The fruit I cut up fine and serve separate as they tend to make the greens mushy after a day and some babies will not eat fruit like this but will lick it up if pureed or strained.

Here is a list of some recommended foods and why
Feeding Bearded Dragons