New beardie in our family

[laninz]

Hi,
we have only had our 21 month beardie since last week. He is well socialised , loves spending most of the day out of his enclosure, but I am worried about his diet. I have given him everything from alfalfa, fruit, kale, dried meal worms etc and all he will eat is the odd blueberry and live meal worms & wax worms. My husband thinks I should be offering him more veges and fruit. I put these in his cage in the morning and he just won't touch them at all. How do you encourage him to try other foods & is it a problem to him only eating the same diet? Thanks

 

[Hdrydr31]

Welcome to the forum and welcome to your new comer
As an adult they do shift towards more greens however that varies from dragon to dragon and sometimes week to week with some lol
There are many bug choices out there to offer.. Crickets, dubia roaches, superworms, waxworms, hornworms, butterworms some are considered more of a treat than a staple, and some are way more nutritious than others for example dubia's are 5 times more nutritious than crickets..
Here are a couple of links that most of us go off of for diet choices:
http://greathousefarm.com/Greathouse-Reptile-Nutrition-List.pdf
http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html
I try and give my Izzy several options and change some of them up each time I need to get new greens/veggies.. Some have good luck with sprinkling bee pollen on the greens it is a appetite stimulant.. I have just started doing this so I'm not sure if it's helping or not but she's also semi brumating... sooooo I hope that's helped some.

 

[laninz]

Welcome to the forum and welcome to your new comer
As an adult they do shift towards more greens however that varies from dragon to dragon and sometimes week to week with some lol
There are many bug choices out there to offer.. Crickets, dubia roaches, superworms, waxworms, hornworms, butterworms some are considered more of a treat than a staple, and some are way more nutritious than others for example dubia's are 5 times more nutritious than crickets..
Here are a couple of links that most of us go off of for diet choices:
http://greathousefarm.com/Greathouse-Reptile-Nutrition-List.pdf
http://www.beautifuldragons.com/Nutrition.html
I try and give my Izzy several options and change some of them up each time I need to get new greens/veggies.. Some have good luck with sprinkling bee pollen on the greens it is a appetite stimulant.. I have just started doing this so I'm not sure if it's helping or not but she's also semi brumating... sooooo I hope that's helped some.

THANK YOU very much! Really appreciate it.

 

[PatsyB]

I have a 3 year old that refuses to eat salad but she will eat an occasional bug. So I make sure I feed her bugs her salad so she gets he nutrients that way. I would stay away from mealworms but super worms are okay along with the other bugs that were already mentioned.

 

[MillieD]

My beardie is also very fussy. He doesn't eat most of the fruit/veggies that i offer but i have found enough that he likes.
He loves:
Blueberries
Rasperries
Green Beans
Rocket
Hope this helps!

 

[laninz]

Thanks! He's got a bit better the past week. Will try him on blueberries this morning. =)