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Our beardie won't eat veggies at all...only meal worms and crickets and that is it....if he does not eat veggies what can I do ...I do put veggies in and mix worms in with it hoping to trick him but no luck latley
thanks

how big is your beardie? mine is still a youngster (9 in) .when they are young most of their food is is crickets and mealworms.
what tried and works at times is put a few mealworms in a food dish and greens over them.dont be wooried too much at a young age they are more into insects (movement) anyway.good luck

Mine dont either. Mine are about 3-4 months old. But they do like blueberries and raisens. The male one will grab one or two bites of greens but that is it and only in the morning and not everyday. I guess they will grow into it hopefully. Try different veggies. That is what I am doing. I have tried mixing the worms in their dish and crickets in their dish and nothing. Sorry I know this isn't a help but maybye if you know your not alone in this problem you wont be so worried.
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Cheryl

One thing to keep in mind is that beardies in the wild eat a majority insect diet when they are young. They need the protien and fat to grow. As they become older and need less protien and fat to grow, their diet slowly switches to more greens. So it is not uncommon to have a baby or juvi in captivity to show these same habits and instincts. With time your dragon should crave so to speak greans more.

Another thing you have to remember is how they eat in the wild. Beardies dont come across a bowl full of finely chopped greens out in the bush. Some people might not agree with me on this but one thing you can do to entice the dragon is clip or suction a whole leaf of greens in its cage so it can run up and tear a bite off. It you have a really young dragon then you can cut the stems out and offer only the softer parts. I got my baby rankins to eat greens by doing this and they are notorious for not eating their greens untill adult hood. anyways I hope this advice helps.

peace,
nate

our beardie is about 2 years old (that is what we were told when we adopted him) at first he ate his veggies real good, we also bought some breadie food and he loved it ..well I ran out of the bearbie food and went and bought more but they did'nt have the same kind that I had so I had to buy the colored kind and he refused to eat it so now he won't eat this food and no veggies ...he will only eat crickets and mealworms.
thanks everyone for your suggesttions.