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what if they never eat veggies ?

papa_puff Jun 29, 2004 09:05 PM

Can u use the vgf on crickets if they do not eat there salads I make 1 every day for him with colard greens beardie ummmies and prickry cactus stuff and rep cal pelets and have been doing this for about 2 months and i play with it in front of him but he never eats any I have tride about everything to eat it will just wonder about the first thing and if its bad if people ever had a beardie that dont it there veggies eather and if its ok ? thx for the help and comments !!!!

-steve-

Replies (5)

beardiedragon Jun 29, 2004 10:12 PM

VGF is not the best choice. ICB is made for that and is designed to ballance the phosphorus:calcium ratio and to stick to the crix better.

have you tried just not giving him crix and leaving fresh salad every day for several days? have you tried hand feeding crix and then srprising him with veggies in your hand instead? I'm sorry I forgot how old is your BD?

more than likely he will eat them at some point on his own. it is just healthier for him. You could live on burger king but you would live longer if you try the salad bar sometimes too.
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beardiedragon Jun 29, 2004 10:20 PM

print this page, cut a slit in it and slide some greens through it.
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lil_frogger2 Jun 30, 2004 02:24 AM

Wont it juss eat the paper? And they dont just react to site..they wont recognize it, they eat anythign that moves, when my dragon was on my desk, i hit tthe scissors a little with my hand..and she went fo rthe handle..lol. I just used waxworms and little mealworms to get mine to eat greens. I also put it in their bath so when they swam around..it was floating there and would move when they swam by and they would go after it.
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lola44 Jun 30, 2004 07:46 AM

Good one!!Lo
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rgol77 Jun 30, 2004 08:40 PM

You could also try freezing a couple of dozen crickets, thawing them out and mixing them in with and on top of the salad. I freeze a lot of my crickets after gutloading them... a lot easier to deal with than live ones.

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