I cant get him to eat greens..

[mischevious21]

My baby beardie will not eat anything but crickets- period! I cant get him to, and I dont know what to do.. Some help please?

[mischevious21]

Some help? Anyone?

[Purrrfect9]

From what I remember, you BD is a baby right? Some wont even look at greens until they're around 6-8 months old. As long as you suppliment the crix with calcium (and a ton of it. You can never seem to give them enough) and multi vitamins, he should be fine. my BD didn't even look at his veggies until he was about 8 months old. I'd wait a month, then offer him a small amount of veggies once a week until he eats them.

[mischevious21]

Alright thanks, that makes me feel alot better. I was worried that if he didnt get them he could get sick or something, but thank you, its very nice to know

[chris B]

Mine eat green's, I swear he'll eat a sock if I threw it in there lol. Try cutting it in bite size peice's and if you have tweezer's use those for feeding it to him.

[KeithTN]

We are feeding our little ones Pheniox worms and a few finely chopped greens. With the pheniox worms, there's no need to dust. Of course, we are buying 1200 worms about once a week!! This feeds 21 growing little ones.

[West Coast Jungle]

I have had babies eat greens at 5 days old. Try misting them a little(with water) in the wild they lick dew off the leaves and take a bite as well. Also what I have tried is mixing green with meal worms they end up eating them at the same time and then realize the like them. I did have a beardy once that NEVER ate them but most eat them with gusto. Some beardies aren't interested unless there is movement and greens dont move. Good luck

[Argentra]

As a final thing to try if they just won't eat fresh greens (as mine wouldn't, ever), give the Ectotherm Dragon Yummies a try. They especially love the red fruit sticks. Just slice off the amount you'll use and chop it into small pieces. Those can usually tempt even the pickiest BD to eat their produce.

[zimbabwepegasus]

And make sure you are trying different kinds of greens.
They can be particular. My 9 month old won't touch kale, collards or mustard greens- however he will eat endive & escarole. And actually the little sucker loves romaine, so if I have time to hide healthy greens inside romaine, I'll do that.
But some just won't until they are a bit older.