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My young beardie refuses to eat his vegies, even go near them or his water. i wondered if it was the bowl so a put some mealies in and he went straight up to it. so he can get to it fine. i have been misting him but is this enough? wondered if anyone had any ideas how i can get him to eat his veg. i have tried everything from carrots and spinach to cabbage and brocolli and he is not having any of it. please help
Kay

With young beardies it can be a trial to get them feeding on veggies... some will take right to themn and others will turn thier noses up... lol.... I would just keep offering him a small amount each day. Thye main thing is that he has enough protien and calcium/d3 supps for his growht right now... you may want to add an extra day of vitamin dusting just to make sure he's getting enough vitamins since most of those come from the veggies... other than that I'd say it's pretty normal for him to not mess with the veggies much.... you can't force him but you can lead him... Sean had a good idea by using a pen laser light to create alot of movement to draw attention to the food item you want... you could try that but other than that I have no more suggestions.... Oh wait... you could also try putting them on a paper towel so that he can run through it... Chris Allen did this with hatchlings and said it worked well to get them to stat feeding on greens....

Hope that helps some!

Later,
Robert
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My guy has been eating veggies since I got him (he's almost 3 months old) but to get him to eat more (not on purpose) was I would pull the big legs off the crickets and put them in his greens dish. They would still move around so he would eat them and would have no choice but to also get the greens. Now he eats a lot more greens than he used to. I did that for about a week (because I didnt want to chase them around at night) and he always goes to his food dish to look for crix and just to eat the greens. Hope this helps Good luck
Meghan

That as really helped, i was plain out of ideas. he really goes for movement to they are brilliant ideas i will try them and let you know if he stops being picky. thnx again.
Kay