Veggie greens ???

[GroomerMo]

What is the best type of greens could I give my beardie everyday with different type of fruit I've so far stuck with collard greens and kale.

 

[Mungi's Buddha]

I use collards, mustard greens,turnip greens and dandelion greens as staples. Mungi prefers collards best. Fruits really should not be a staple everyday thing but used as treats. I use strawberrys, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries but only a few and only every couple of weeks or so.
There are a variety of squashes, green beans and other veggies that you can use for variety but I would steer you away from trying to use too much variety in feeding their "salad". Find a few good staples such as the collards you are using and stick with a basic salad. Dragons as well as other reptiles tend to be very leery about a lot of change and you will find better results in their eating things they are familiar with.
If you will look under the Bearded Dragon Diet section there is a very good pinned thread that will take you to a great list of things you can try.

http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutritionframeset.html

Enjoy

 

[Noella]

Allie loves turnip and mustard greens the best. (She doesn't really like Collards much.)

 

[bouncer36]

That the way mine is they love turnip and mustard greens the best

 

[GroomerMo]

Do I need to mash the turnips or cut them finely?

 

[Germ]

It is the Turnip leaves (Greens) that you are supposed to feed, not the vegetable itself , so you would cut the leaves to appropriate sizes, as you would any other greens.

Collard Greens are actually one of the better choices because of it's quite high Calcium to Phosphorous ratio compare to others.

 

[GroomerMo]

Ok I know for a fact she like collard greens and mustard greens so I'll stick to them thanks everyone

 

[Augie]

My Reggie likes collard greens, and nothing else. At least he's started eating them.

 

[Pat B]

Go Reggie!! You might also try to sneak in some green beans. My Spike liked them for a while but he isn't really a good greens/veggie eater!

 

[ize]

Beardies like green food. The darker the better. Lettuce is useless as it has no nutritional value at all. My mob love spinach and green beans. One of them will try to eat a tree on a book cover and he once tried to eat a green floor tile. Meal worms are very fattening to beardies and they can become addicted to them so i only give them to mine occasionally as a treat or if they need padding out.

 

[Augie]

I've read it's actually not good to give your dragon too much spinach, if at all. Same goes with my feeder roaches. I think it has to do with the really high vitamin A content, kinda like carrots.

 

[GroomerMo]

You're right it's not good at all to give your beardie spinach it can make them really sick

 

[ize]

Mine have been eating it for 10 years and they have never been sick.

 

[Augie]

My great aunt smoked until she was 88, when she died in a car accident. I'm not trying to bum you out or anything, just saying that there are exceptions to every rule. I've also heard the comment "I've kept all of my dragons on crushed walnut shells, and never had problems." The bottom line is vitamin A binds to calcium, and spinach is high in vitamin A. This renders the calcium less effective, and dragons need calcium.

I'm happy to hear your dragons have been fine, but I have to say again, EVERYTHING I have read compares spinach to cheeseburgers, i.e. a very rare treat, if to be fed at all. Actually a cheeseburger sounds good... be back later!

 

[GroomerMo]

Lol you should bring me back one but yes that's why I changed my beardies food I gave her spinach at first and noticed she wouldn't eat crix dusted and when I put her on turnip greens, collard greens, kale, and mustard greens I saw a huge improvement in her and now she's a active chunky little girl it's awesome

 

[ize]

Yeah you guys easily jump on things that aren't there. I didn't say they eat spinach all the time. I said its one of their favourites. They have a varied diet with regular supplements - at the recommended dosage before you jump all over me for that. I have 9 beardies at the moment and a few more that have passed of old age. Im not a novice

 

[Augie]

But the original question was: "What is the best type of greens I can feed my bearded dragon everyday?" I didn't jump on you, I responded to both of your statements. GroomerMo, unlike you, is a novice and will take your advice to heart, if she assumed you were answering her question. Thanks for clarifying, albeit in a dubious fashion.

 

[Pat B]

Whoa.....9 beardies?? How do you do it?? I can't keep up with one and he is brumation!!

 

[ize]

ok sorry i see what you mean reading back. my bad. first forum i ever joined.

 

[Augie]

No worries at all, and definitely no hard feelings (hope you feel the same)! Some of us can get a bit passionate about our hobby, but I promise you it's not to make others walk away with hurt feelings, it's out of care that we have for our dragons.