Kribensis28
Bearded Dragon Egg
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Hello everybody!
I own a lot of amphibians, fish, and invertebrates, and have a few reptiles, and I love them all a ton! I currently have one beardie. She technically belongs to my younger brother, but I care for her, handle her, feed her, and do everything for her. We got her as a hatchling and have had her for about 4 years now. She's a bit underweight (VERY picky eater), but all around healthy. Does anyone have any advice on how to get her to eat more?
I give her a salad every day with some gut loaded insects. I dust her food twice a week with Repashy Calcium Plus. She gets a variety of leafy greens, fruits, and vegetables in her salad including Swiss chard, arugula, zucchini, squash, green beans, sweet potato, green & purple romaine, collard greens, celery, bell pepper, mustard greens, beet greens, dandelion leaves, raspberry leaves, mulberry leaves, turnip greens, blueberries occasionally, and sometimes strawberries or raspberries as a treat.
She gets varied feeders, all gut loaded with the same foods I feed her. Crickets, superworms, mealworms, waxworms, hornworms, and dubia roaches are what she normally gets. We can't always get feeders other than crickets and superworms, so those are her main two, but we give her the others whenever we can get them.
She eats insects like crazy, but isn't a huge fan of plant matter. I can't feed her only insects, so how do I get her to eat her veggies? She's gotten a bit better in the past months, but still isn't great.
Her basking temp is 105F and she has a Reptisun T5 HO 24 inch UVB light. She has tile on her floor and a branch for basking. She has constant access to clean water as well. I take her out to explore the room for about an hour daily in winter, and take her outside in summer. I let her run around and always keep an eye on her while she's out. I also handle her for about 20 minutes every day, and she sometimes lays with me on the couch.
Her care is good (as far as I know), so I'm wondering why she's so picky.
Thank you!
I own a lot of amphibians, fish, and invertebrates, and have a few reptiles, and I love them all a ton! I currently have one beardie. She technically belongs to my younger brother, but I care for her, handle her, feed her, and do everything for her. We got her as a hatchling and have had her for about 4 years now. She's a bit underweight (VERY picky eater), but all around healthy. Does anyone have any advice on how to get her to eat more?
I give her a salad every day with some gut loaded insects. I dust her food twice a week with Repashy Calcium Plus. She gets a variety of leafy greens, fruits, and vegetables in her salad including Swiss chard, arugula, zucchini, squash, green beans, sweet potato, green & purple romaine, collard greens, celery, bell pepper, mustard greens, beet greens, dandelion leaves, raspberry leaves, mulberry leaves, turnip greens, blueberries occasionally, and sometimes strawberries or raspberries as a treat.
She gets varied feeders, all gut loaded with the same foods I feed her. Crickets, superworms, mealworms, waxworms, hornworms, and dubia roaches are what she normally gets. We can't always get feeders other than crickets and superworms, so those are her main two, but we give her the others whenever we can get them.
She eats insects like crazy, but isn't a huge fan of plant matter. I can't feed her only insects, so how do I get her to eat her veggies? She's gotten a bit better in the past months, but still isn't great.
Her basking temp is 105F and she has a Reptisun T5 HO 24 inch UVB light. She has tile on her floor and a branch for basking. She has constant access to clean water as well. I take her out to explore the room for about an hour daily in winter, and take her outside in summer. I let her run around and always keep an eye on her while she's out. I also handle her for about 20 minutes every day, and she sometimes lays with me on the couch.
Her care is good (as far as I know), so I'm wondering why she's so picky.
Thank you!
