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Eating issue - adult beardie randomly went off veggies
I know this is a common problem (or at least in regards to babies/juvies not eating greens) , but I've searched through old threads, googled, tried everything everyone suggested and I'm kind of at a loss.
My beardie is 8 now and I've had her since she was a baby. She's always been a good veggie eater, and she has also readily eaten the rep-cal bearded dragon pellets her entire life, and of course loves silk worms and crickets etc. Really she just hasn't been very picky. I went off to college last year and left her with my parents so I can't say much about her eating habits in that time, however, when I came back, I noticed that she's really not eating as much veggie/green wise as she used to.
She still eats her protein (mainly crickets) just fine, but as she's 8 years old, she's been on a lower protein diet for years now so that's not really her main food source.
I started worrying when I noticed that I was taking out trays of veggies that looked like they hadn't been touched, and to accompany that, there hasn't been a noticeable dent made in the pellets so I know she's not compensating immensely with those or anything.
I tried varying her diet so I could jump start her eating again, giving her fruits and veggies she normally doesn't get, with no luck. After that I tried hand feeding her, no luck. Then I tried smushing up stuff and putting it on her nose (she licks the food but won't eat it), no luck..... the only thing I've witnessed her eat is a few chopped up carrots one morning randomly and I haven't been able to get her to eat any other veggies since then, that I've witnessed. Maybe she's taking a few bites that I'm not noticing, but either I'm being paranoid or she does seem to be looking a little thinner... however she's still defecating regularly and she's still very active. I bathed her yesterday and she drank a ton.
She has UVB, temps are 95* basking and 80-82 ambient. 40 gal tank, shelf liner for substrate.
Am I worrying for nothing? Is there some other trick I can try?
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