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How can i get my beardie to eat fruits and veggies??
i put some in a bowl but he's not interested....
please give some tips.......

You can try putting the dish of veggies in the cage in the morning and holding off on any live feeders untill 2 hours or so later. Try handfeeding a piece every now and then during the day. Or you could place the dish of veggies in the cage and drop a few more pieces into the dish one at a time to get his attention.

Many babies will not start eating fruits and veg till they are a little older. It is a normal thing for babies which have been raised on live foods (crickets, etc).

>>How can i get my beardie to eat fruits and veggies??
>>i put some in a bowl but he's not interested....
>>please give some tips.......
>>

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Lisa
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for a dragon his age, his veggies are the very least important, i would not hold out on his feeders to get him to eat his veggies. offer them every day in the morning and leave them in till the nightime, he will get the hang of it. all of mine raised on live feeders have been excellent salad and pellet eaters also, some of them it just takes time to catch on (carrick was 4 months old when he started eating greens on his own, daigh on the other hand from a baby ate his greens like a champ). with his age right now the most important thing for him is his proteins to fuel his growth, as he gets older the amount of salad he eats will be more important. you can try handfeeding him some peices, wiggle them for him, he miight get the taste, also when you feed his crickets make sure the salad bowl is in there, the crickets will run about on it and eat the greens, and so will he to catch the crickets. the best you can do right now is offer them daily and he will decide when he is ready to take a dive into his salad dish
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reiko
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