Greens/Vegetables Schedule

[Rwtf8]

Hello,
My 6mo Randy is doing really great, with strong appetite (~20 dubia every day), but I want to know what vegetable schedule do you stick with?

I add these:
- Carrot: Once a week
- Carrot green/carrot top: 4 times a week, he's crazy about that
- Pumpkin: Once a week
- Apple (no peel, no seeds): Once a week
- Green list salad: every day.

What else can be added and how often? I found that pumpkin leads to runny stool and it's not good to feed pumpkin and carrot often.
I know about website with appropriate vegetables for bearded dragons, just wanted to know what do you prefer and on what schedule?
Thank you

 

[Sadie]

Hello,
My 6mo Randy is doing really great, with strong appetite (~20 dubia every day), but I want to know what vegetable schedule do you stick with?

I add these:
- Carrot: Once a week
- Carrot green/carrot top: 4 times a week, he's crazy about that
- Pumpkin: Once a week
- Apple (no peel, no seeds): Once a week
- Green list salad: every day.

What else can be added and how often? I found that pumpkin leads to runny stool and it's not good to feed pumpkin and carrot often.
I know about website with appropriate vegetables for bearded dragons, just wanted to know what do you prefer and on what schedule?
Thank you

Are you feeding squash? Zucchini yellow and butternut-- green beans -- dandelion greens or fresh dandelions from out side w/ NO PESTICIDES -- prickly pear cactus can be ordered off Amazon --- they are big leaves and a great staple-- pumpkin is usually fed to make them go to the bathroom - anything w/ a lot of water content will give runny stools -- like watermelon etc--- you can feed strawberries blueberries raspberries but do it sparingly - especially the blueberries they are real high in sugar--
I basically feed kale/ collard/ turnip/ arugula/squash changed up/ sweet potato raw and shredded w/ cheese grater - fruit is added every so often -- my dragons are real picky and I have yet to find something they really go for - they wont eat the bee pollen -- Blaze is the only one that will actually eat from the salad bowl w/ out a worm in it -- Hiccup he only eats the veggies when a silk worm or super is grabbed at the same time - they both will not eat meal worms wax worms or BSFL -- the worms they will eat are the horn butter super and silk which is a staple feeder-

 

[Julee1971]

Hello,
My 6mo Randy is doing really great, with strong appetite (~20 dubia every day), but I want to know what vegetable schedule do you stick with?

I add these:
- Carrot: Once a week
- Carrot green/carrot top: 4 times a week, he's crazy about that
- Pumpkin: Once a week
- Apple (no peel, no seeds): Once a week
- Green list salad: every day.

What else can be added and how often? I found that pumpkin leads to runny stool and it's not good to feed pumpkin and carrot often.
I know about website with appropriate vegetables for bearded dragons, just wanted to know what do you prefer and on what schedule?
Thank you

Hi; we rescue & rehome; so I’m happy to help. First of all a Beardie 0-4mnths old needs proteins 4-5 times a day alongside the plate of greens/veggies to munch on all day. A 6 mnth old needs feeding of proteins 3times a day alongside a plate of veggies/greens always. Do crickets & Dubia roaches those are the best. When he turns 9mnths u can feed twice a day & after he turns a year old u feed proteins once/day 15-30 Dubias/crickets a mix or one or the other but crickets are very good for them too. However always the plate of fresh greens/veggies forever & everyday, if u dotm introduce him to the everyday veggies/greens he will ever ever eat them when he’s older. After a year u may add superworms here and there. The plate of Everyday veggies/greeens should consist of the following: mustard/collard greens, yellow squash, butternut squash, endives, green beans & snap peas. I wud do a plate of 2-3 of each cut up to size. Place it on the cold side & switch it out after 3-4 hours or so so it’s fresh & not wilted. They love the mustard greens, the yellow squash has lots of calcium in it too. As far as Fruits; as treats a few times a week in addition to all else the best ones are blueberries, papaya & mangoes. But in moderation coz sugar is not good for them. Please omit the carrots or do it once a week; they are high in vitamin “A” which is toxic for them. Salad provides water no nutrition & certain ones are bad & pumpkin is not an everyday feeder, so I wud stop the pumpkin. Stick the the above & he will be a happy healthy Beardie. Also remember to switch out the Reptisun 10.0 T5 long tubular UVB light religiously every 6Mnths to prevent MBD; this is the best Uvb and only use clear basking bulbs (zoomed is gr8) never ever use colored or coiled ones.

 

[Skybug]

Hello,
My 6mo Randy is doing really great, with strong appetite (~20 dubia every day), but I want to know what vegetable schedule do you stick with?

I add these:
- Carrot: Once a week
- Carrot green/carrot top: 4 times a week, he's crazy about that
- Pumpkin: Once a week
- Apple (no peel, no seeds): Once a week
- Green list salad: every day.

What else can be added and how often? I found that pumpkin leads to runny stool and it's not good to feed pumpkin and carrot often.
I know about website with appropriate vegetables for bearded dragons, just wanted to know what do you prefer and on what schedule?
Thank you

My beardie hates salad , but when she does eat her salad it contains hibiscus leaves/flower(her favorite) , dinosaur kale, banana bits, a couple yellow dandelions, red bell pepper(the only red thing she’ll eat) ,thin carrot discs, 3 blueberries , I usually put bee pollen a little calcium sprinkle and a dash of multivitamin, and I usually spritz it with water at the end.

 

[Rwtf8]

Are you feeding squash? Zucchini yellow and butternut-- green beans -- dandelion greens or fresh dandelions from out side w/ NO PESTICIDES -- prickly pear cactus can be ordered off Amazon --- they are big leaves and a great staple-- pumpkin is usually fed to make them go to the bathroom - anything w/ a lot of water content will give runny stools -- like watermelon etc--- you can feed strawberries blueberries raspberries but do it sparingly - especially the blueberries they are real high in sugar--
I basically feed kale/ collard/ turnip/ arugula/squash changed up/ sweet potato raw and shredded w/ cheese grater - fruit is added every so often -- my dragons are real picky and I have yet to find something they really go for - they wont eat the bee pollen -- Blaze is the only one that will actually eat from the salad bowl w/ out a worm in it -- Hiccup he only eats the veggies when a silk worm or super is grabbed at the same time - they both will not eat meal worms wax worms or BSFL -- the worms they will eat are the horn butter super and silk which is a staple feeder-

That's funny thing but in my country "squash" is something unknown and not popular at all Is that just a pumpkin? Sorry for these stupid question

So, I've added to the list:

Carrot Greens - Always
Salat - Always
Collard Greens - Always
Dandelion Greens - Always
Mustard Greens - Always
Carrot - Occasionally
Apple - Occasionally
Pumpkin - Occasionally
Blueberry - Occasionally
Raspberry, Strawberry - Occasionally

How does it look now?

He's really crazy about carrot greens and pumpkins, but the last one is not good on often basis.

 

[Sadie]

That's funny thing but in my country "squash" is something unknown and not popular at all Is that just a pumpkin? Sorry for these stupid question

So, I've added to the list:

Carrot Greens - Always
Salat - Always
Collard Greens - Always
Dandelion Greens - Always
Mustard Greens - Always
Carrot - Occasionally
Apple - Occasionally
Pumpkin - Occasionally
Blueberry - Occasionally
Raspberry, Strawberry - Occasionally

How does it look now?

He's really crazy about carrot greens and pumpkins, but the last one is not good on often basis.

Pumpkin is a natural laxative that is usually fed to dragons that are impacted -- raw shredded sweet potato is good to feed to keep them regular - here is a website to go off of ignore the kale thing its a good staple feeder
http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html
turnip greens is good staple feeder as well

 

[Julee1971]

My beardie hates salad , but when she does eat her salad it contains hibiscus leaves/flower(her favorite) , dinosaur kale, banana bits, a couple yellow dandelions, red bell pepper(the only red thing she’ll eat) ,thin carrot discs, 3 blueberries , I usually put bee pollen a little calcium sprinkle and a dash of multivitamin, and I usually spritz it with water at the end.

Hi please DONOT mix the herptivite vitamin & calcium together. Only sprinkle calcium (REPCAL) 3-4 times a week/once per day & on a non calcium day u do the HERPTIVITE vitamin powder, that’s the vitamin to use please follow the veggies & greens that skybug and I suggested. Salad is Not good, kale in minimal amounts & omit carrot it’s high in vitamin A which is toxic; so feed minimally or remove all togheter. Do; mustard greens, yellow squash ( it is loaded in calcium), butternut squash, endives & green beans & snap peas. Do 2-3 of each mixed togehter. Blueberries are good 2-3 times a week u can add papaya & mangoe but only a few times a week. Also if the Beardie is fussy about greens/veggies using bee pollen is good or soaps dressing but minimally on the dressing them stop it. But def do proteins too liek crickets & Dubias & some superworms if he’s over a year old.

 

[2Pacalypse]

Hi; we rescue & rehome; so I’m happy to help. First of all a Beardie 0-4mnths old needs proteins 4-5 times a day alongside the plate of greens/veggies to munch on all day. A 6 mnth old needs feeding of proteins 3times a day alongside a plate of veggies/greens always. Do crickets & Dubia roaches those are the best. When he turns 9mnths u can feed twice a day & after he turns a year old u feed proteins once/day 15-30 Dubias/crickets a mix or one or the other but crickets are very good for them too. However always the plate of fresh greens/veggies forever & everyday, if u dotm introduce him to the everyday veggies/greens he will ever ever eat them when he’s older. After a year u may add superworms here and there. The plate of Everyday veggies/greeens should consist of the following: mustard/collard greens, yellow squash, butternut squash, endives, green beans & snap peas. I wud do a plate of 2-3 of each cut up to size. Place it on the cold side & switch it out after 3-4 hours or so so it’s fresh & not wilted. They love the mustard greens, the yellow squash has lots of calcium in it too. As far as Fruits; as treats a few times a week in addition to all else the best ones are blueberries, papaya & mangoes. But in moderation coz sugar is not good for them. Please omit the carrots or do it once a week; they are high in vitamin “A” which is toxic for them. Salad provides water no nutrition & certain ones are bad & pumpkin is not an everyday feeder, so I wud stop the pumpkin. Stick the the above & he will be a happy healthy Beardie. Also remember to switch out the Reptisun 10.0 T5 long tubular UVB light religiously every 6Mnths to prevent MBD; this is the best Uvb and only use clear basking bulbs (zoomed is gr8) never ever use colored or coiled ones.

Mine is five months old. I’ve placed greens/vegs in daily for the 3 months since I got him as a baby & he ate a few pieces here & there while I hand fed but now will not & has never gone to the dish. Ive put repti worms in but he didnt want them until I picked them out & put on separate dish. I assumed when he aged, he would switch himself over?

I’ve varied different greens, veggies & fruit. He is not interested. I’ve gone to the dried veggie mix found in pet stores bcuz the other is wilted in two days in the fridge & he doesn’t eat it anyway. He will go to dish & eat the flukers dragon diet wet food but not when its mixed with greens/veggies. So how do I get him to eat them? Thanx!