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Hey everyone,

I posted on this forum back in February regarding me feeding my beardy romaine lettuce. I have switched to giving him collard, dandelion, endive, and escarole. The only problem is, he does not seem at all interested in these veggies. The only time he seems to eat from the bowl is when I add carrots for a treat occasionally or I put the Bearded Dragon pellets in. Even then, he only picks out the carrots or the pellets and leaves the greens. Any tips on how to get him to eat more of the veggies? I'm not sure what more I can do to get him interested in the more nutritious greens. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

I find one of my bearded doesn't care for veggies as much as the other one despite being raised on veggies and fruits in the morning and bugs later in the afternoon.... She's eating less and less veggies as she ages, and I'm not sure why. I think some don't like it as much as others.

I find cutting the greens very fine and mix them well so its more difficult for your dragon to pick out their favorite bits works. Though Romain isn't a good green itself, you can mix a little in with healthy greens like collards, dandelions etc. Just make sure the cuts are fine and well mixed so she doesn't just eat the romaine.

Also, if your dragon is already an adult, try just offering greens every other day, nothing between. Sometimes dragons just need to get really hungry and non breeding adults of good weight, are fine with 3-4 meals a week. I find my dragons don't tend to want to eat every day once they are over 18 months. Or just eat a little if food is offered everyday. If she's active, keeping a steady weight and eats well every couple days...or a little each day, there's typically nothing to worry about.
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PHLdyPayne

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A lot of animal take to mustard green very well.... The kind with curly leaves. Kale is readily eaten by my Uro and bearded, too; although, you wanna to be careful giving too much kale because it prevents the thyroid from functioning properly-which in turn hinders the absorption of iodine.

You can try beans in the edible pods, too, such as, green beans, snow peas, string beans, and sugar snap peas. Winter squash is also good for color; although, I hear if you give it solely, it can cause diarhia.... Look the point is: you want to give varieties.... Look over the list and see which veggies are good to eat and offer it as the base and offer the not so good ones to use as staple on occasion (like every other week for several days) as alternative and to add varieties.... And, please! Supplement your animals with multivitamins and calcium supplement. They don't get enough varieties in the captive diet as they would in the wild.

Good day!