BeardieMomma
Hatchling Dragon
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Hello all,
I'm not exactly sure how old my beardie is but I'm thinking about 10 months. I keep trying to integrate veggies and fruit into her diet because I know that soon, her diet has to consist of 80% vegs/fruits. She LOVES blue berries, but that's about it. Occasionally she's taken a bite of kale, asparagus, green peppers. Watermelon. Grapes. But it seems the older she gets, the more unwilling she is to eat anything other than live stuff. She loves her meal worms, wax worms (as treats), crickets, and horn worms. And blue berries. But she will go easily go 3 days without eating if I only leave out veggies. She will poop way less if she's not eating, but she still has high energy levels and doesn't seem sick. I feel bad starving her though so I eventually give her live stuff. I've tried mixing in the worms etc with the veggies, doesn't work. I've tried rubbing blueberry juice on the vegetables. Doesn't work.
What should I do? The only adjustment I have coming is installing her UVB tube light in the tank and getting rid of this crappy coil light. I know that'll help her overall health. I just don't know how to get her to eat her damn veggies.
I'm not exactly sure how old my beardie is but I'm thinking about 10 months. I keep trying to integrate veggies and fruit into her diet because I know that soon, her diet has to consist of 80% vegs/fruits. She LOVES blue berries, but that's about it. Occasionally she's taken a bite of kale, asparagus, green peppers. Watermelon. Grapes. But it seems the older she gets, the more unwilling she is to eat anything other than live stuff. She loves her meal worms, wax worms (as treats), crickets, and horn worms. And blue berries. But she will go easily go 3 days without eating if I only leave out veggies. She will poop way less if she's not eating, but she still has high energy levels and doesn't seem sick. I feel bad starving her though so I eventually give her live stuff. I've tried mixing in the worms etc with the veggies, doesn't work. I've tried rubbing blueberry juice on the vegetables. Doesn't work.
What should I do? The only adjustment I have coming is installing her UVB tube light in the tank and getting rid of this crappy coil light. I know that'll help her overall health. I just don't know how to get her to eat her damn veggies.