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I have a recently purchased bearded dragon and although it voraciously eats crickets it won't touch any vegetables. I have tried carrots, lettuce, and kale. Will this eventually come about as he is older? Is there anything I can do now?
Thank you.

this is common and normal.

keep offering them....

offer fresh vegiies before any thing else, spritz them with some water and dagle them in front of the dragon.

after a while (3 months) my dragon started to figureout they might be good .... now eats them every day

also try to get pellets in there to, soften with water or juice and mix with veggies....

the sooner they figure out the are good the better....

but from age 0 to around 4-6 months they may only nible a tiny bit, then one day they start gobbleing.... like boom hey I like this now
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First things first. Lettuce is a no no. Nice dark leafy greens like collard, turnip, dandalion, and ecarole should make up most of the veggies. At a young age thier body's need extra protein that's why dragons at young ages tend to eat more live foods. Even though he has not eaten any yet, still offer them daily. I usaully put the greens in the first thing in the morning. This is a good way to get them to start because in the morning they are hungry. If you feed them after crickets most likely they have filled up on the crix. Another good idea is to put some brightly colored veggies on top like butternut squash, sweet potatos, or carrots. Some babies are attracted to the colors yellow, orange, and red. Also drop some crix right in the salad with your beardie near by, he might go for a cricket had grab some greens too. They soon will realize that it is food. As they age too, most will cut back on the live foods and eat more greens, but now when young they are little cricket eating machines. Good Luck with the new guy...
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