Beardie with MBD only will eat hand fed

[Tobythebeardie]

My bearded dragon has got a mild case of MBD for a while he wouldn't eat but then I fed him some smoothies with calcium powder and he willingly ate. Then he moved on to solids and is eating greens,fruits,and worms he can't catch the crickets yet. I always leave him a plate of food but he never touches anything on it. I would really like to get him back to eating on his own. Any tips? Please tell me and Thank you!

 

[Hdrydr31]

My bearded dragon has got a mild case of MBD for a while he wouldn't eat but then I fed him some smoothies with calcium powder and he willingly ate. Then he moved on to solids and is eating greens,fruits,and worms he can't catch the crickets yet. I always leave him a plate of food but he never touches anything on it. I would really like to get him back to eating on his own. Any tips? Please tell me and Thank you!

How's your beardie doing? any better eating wise? How old is he?

 

[PatsyB]

You can rip the back legs off of the crickets so they can't jump (but they still walk around) and put them in a low glass bowl and maybe he will eat the on his own.

 

[PatsyB]

Or try some soft bodied worms. BSFL or silkworms might get him interested, they don't move real fast.

 

[Tobythebeardie]

Ok thanks. I'm not sure about his age since he's adopted any ideas on how to find out? If it helps he's 18 in

 

[PatsyB]

It's really hard to know without have a hatch date. There are so many factors that go into their growth. A 2 year old with poor husbandry could look like a 3 month old.

I can tell you that mine were about 18 months when they hit the 18" mark. My 5 year old is around 20" and my 4 year old is about 18.5"