Dubia Roaches

[sjfrank]

I am here today, but can't always sign on . When I do no one seems to answer my questions.
I have trouble getting Pogo my dragon to eat Dubia Roaches. What can I do? He loves Superworms and he eats his greens. I started a Dubia Roach colony because I was told they were better for him and Now I have more than I need because he won't eat them. Please help.
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[Silver dragons]

I'm sorry that your questions aren't getting answered, a lot of people's aren't. I'm trying to help but there's just not enough people to answer. I would suggest trying to mix the mealworms and dubia roaches together. Sometimes dragons just don't like certain types of food and there's nothing you can really do about it except keep trying.

 

[Crabs Mcjones]

Agree with above, if you have a food he will eat, mix the roaches in with it and slowly change over to roaches.

 

[Nicks75]

In addition to the advice given, you can try not feeding him for a day or two, as long as he is healthy he will eventually give in to hunger, thats how i got my beardie to start eating veggies. Another method is to tong feed him the super worms for a week each day, he will learn to recognize the tongs with his food, then switch to tong feeding dubias, he should eat it without realizing assuming it to be super worms and eventually should develop a taste for the roaches. Switch back and forth to keep him guessing, I got mine to develop a taste for rapashy grub pie using that method. With all the advice given along with some persistence and patients he should be showing improvements on his diet.