Hi all!
I am the proud new dragon mom of an approximately four year old female. While she is my first bearded, I have kept reptiles for over 15 years (since I was a young child, with the help of my parents obviously lol). My girl came from an interesting situation. She was purchased by a young male with another bearded about four years ago. He had them both for about two years at which point he decided he didnt want them any more and left them with his aging mother, who is the person I got her from. I do not know any of my girls history prior to her living with the woman I got her from. Unfortunately the other BD she was kept with passed away about a year ago, and they do not know what happened to her. I suspect that it was either malnutrition, or competition and fighting due to being kept in a small enclosure with another dragon.
The woman I picked her up from was very kind, but knew nothing about keeping reptiles. When I asked what veggies she liked to eat, she replied "beardeds like veggies? thats cool". This poor girl has not had a single veggie in at least two years (if not her whole life) and has been kept alive on a diet solely of crickets and meal worms. That were not gut loaded. Additionally none of her food was dusted either so I can only imagine that she is very undernourished.
With all of that being said, that leads me to THE BIG QUESTION. How do I get this sweet girl to eat her veggies? I have offered all different kinds of veggies, and even some fruits in an effort to see if she will eat any of them, and so far all that she has willingly eaten are a few kernels of corn (obviously not a staple food). I found some success in blending the food up in a nutribullet and feeding it as a smoothie off of a spoon, but I am hoping someone may have some magical trick to getting her on whole leafy greens.
Thanks so much for reading to the end
I am the proud new dragon mom of an approximately four year old female. While she is my first bearded, I have kept reptiles for over 15 years (since I was a young child, with the help of my parents obviously lol). My girl came from an interesting situation. She was purchased by a young male with another bearded about four years ago. He had them both for about two years at which point he decided he didnt want them any more and left them with his aging mother, who is the person I got her from. I do not know any of my girls history prior to her living with the woman I got her from. Unfortunately the other BD she was kept with passed away about a year ago, and they do not know what happened to her. I suspect that it was either malnutrition, or competition and fighting due to being kept in a small enclosure with another dragon.
The woman I picked her up from was very kind, but knew nothing about keeping reptiles. When I asked what veggies she liked to eat, she replied "beardeds like veggies? thats cool". This poor girl has not had a single veggie in at least two years (if not her whole life) and has been kept alive on a diet solely of crickets and meal worms. That were not gut loaded. Additionally none of her food was dusted either so I can only imagine that she is very undernourished.
With all of that being said, that leads me to THE BIG QUESTION. How do I get this sweet girl to eat her veggies? I have offered all different kinds of veggies, and even some fruits in an effort to see if she will eat any of them, and so far all that she has willingly eaten are a few kernels of corn (obviously not a staple food). I found some success in blending the food up in a nutribullet and feeding it as a smoothie off of a spoon, but I am hoping someone may have some magical trick to getting her on whole leafy greens.
Thanks so much for reading to the end
