| Vegetables might not be the main food that your | | | | However, as suggested, misting green, proper |
| bearded dragons take, nor what it like. However, | | | | placement, mixing vegetables with crickets can help |
| once you start handing feeding them, they may | | | | these little pet. At the same time, try to pile up the |
| enjoy and continue to eat the vegetables afterward. | | | | green so that it is obvious to be seen. Please be |
| This will take a little while for your bearded to learn | | | | reminded that at this stage, they will not consume a |
| to consume the vegie. Nonetheless you can try | | | | lot of green because they need crickets for protein |
| several ways to encourage your beardie to eat | | | | to grow. |
| vegetables sooner. | | | | Bearded dragon likes to consume things that are in |
| There are various strategies that you may apply to | | | | movement, such as crickets, mealworms or |
| help your bearded dragon to eat vegetables. Some | | | | waxworms. You can try to drop the green from the |
| people will hang the large leaf for them to pull off | | | | overhead of them, and this will encourage them to |
| into pieces. Another way is to place the green in a | | | | try to catch and eat the greens when it is falling |
| shallow bowl, easily for them to spot it and eat. | | | | down from above. Once they find the greens are |
| When they can't see it they will not eat the green, | | | | consumable, they will start eating. |
| this happens especially for the young. | | | | If your bearded dragon is really stubborn and always |
| When feeding crickets, some have suggested to | | | | rejects vegetables as food, you can try to gut load |
| place the green as well with the cricket. When they | | | | the small pieces of green with the crickets before |
| catch the crickets, they might eat the green as well. | | | | feeding them. Feed the cricket with vegetables and |
| This eventually will encourage the bearded dragons | | | | crickets, then feed the gut-loaded crickets to your |
| start eating vegetables. This might be a little tough | | | | pet. This is one of the good techniques as the reptile |
| but you can try to withhold crickets for several days, | | | | will eat the crickets for protein as well as the nutrient |
| the beardie will find the greens as their source of | | | | of greens that are just consumed by the crickets. If |
| food. | | | | you have little baby dragons or juvenile, this will |
| The main point of successful feeding of bearded | | | | definitely help. |
| dragon with vegetables is to catch their attentions. | | | | Vegetables, greens and fruits are one of the good |
| This can be done by misting the greens because this | | | | sources of nutrients that you may provide to your |
| will catch their attentions, and they will eat them for | | | | bearded dragons. If they like it and start to accept |
| the moisture. | | | | and eat, then this will definitely help to improve their |
| If you are having baby and juveniles, you may find it | | | | health. Perhaps you may start trying these |
| harder to feed them compared to adult dragon. | | | | techniques to teach them eating vegetables. |