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My bearded dragon is 10 inches long ( i bought him this large )
And he wont eat vegetables! He will only eat crickets and mealworms. I offer him romaine lettuce green beans sometimes carrots. Does anyone know why he wont eat them?

Young ones just aren't as keen on them as adults are, it took mine a few months. One day, he'll just start chowing down on them. In the meantime, supplement your bugs and you should be fine.
Waving a big leaf in their faces is a good way to get them to start... at least it worked for me. But if that doesn't work, don't sweat it.
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

If this is a sub-adult dragon & is nearly full-grown, you can coax them to accept vegetation by topping or interlacing the salads with mealworms/zophobas. Make sure that the salads are in a dish in which the larva cannot escape too easily & the dragon has easy access. Generally, the dragons will "accidentally" ingest vegetation, if it is chopped well enough. They gradually get used to eating it without insect "toppings".

I already tried giving my bearded dragon mealworms and now he is having twitches and spasms.

That could be either a calcium deficiency (more likely?)or an impaction, but either way he needs a vet ASAP! This could kill him! Come back after you find out what it is and we'll re-evaluate your set-up and diet
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

I am almost positive it is impaction because she was fine until i gave her some stupid mealworms. And then the day after the twitching started.

Could be a coincidence, worms won't usually do that to a healthy dragon. Mine's only a foot long and can eat a couple of pinkies as a treat. Impaction is even more deadly than calcium deficiency.
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

Well i just gave her a warm bath. After about to minutes she started jerking. Then i saw it. A HUGE TERD. She fought with it for about 15 minutes. Until finally she won the battle. So i pretty sure it was impaction shes looking better already.

Were the worms HUGE for her?
What are your cage temps?
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Peter: It's OK, I'll handle it. I read a book about something like this.
Brian: Are you sure it was a book? Are you sure it wasn't NOTHING?

They were about an inch or so in length.