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What kind of juice do you all use to soak your pellets? I am not having good luck getting my baby to eat them.
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Stacey

You can use apple juice for a start and see if your baby likes them. Something you might also try is to see if he would eat them if you dropped them into the tank. The movement might attract him to see what is going on with the pellets. I feed all my dragons salad/pellets in the morning and then about 5pm I soak some more pellets for them. I then take and drop the pellets into each of their tanks and they just go wild. They eat way more when I drop them in then just having them sit there with no movement at all.

They key to pellets, IMO of course, is to get them to associate the pellets with movement. When they finally see/taste them, they should have no problems eating them out of the dish next. You can also try to withhold crickets for a day or two and try the pellet trick to see if that would/will make a difference.

I only soak the pellets in HOT water for about 12-15 min. By the time they hit the tank, they should be still a little warm.

Good luck and please let us know if you get anything to work...
Steve

What a cute pic..