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#1718579
Kalnizz
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My beardie wont eat his veggies... 
My bearded dragon Aussie is happy thanks to you guys, but he wont eat his veggies, i bought him some collard greens and butternut squash, i also bought him something called kale, i dont know what it is so i didnt feed it to him, can he eat kale? well he loves his crix, about 70 a day lol but i cant get him to eat his veggies. Any ideas or stratagies to help me out? and lastly (lol) what can he eat that i can buy at a store besides collard green and squash? thanks guys
-Kalvin
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04/28/08 12:04am
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#1718676
PitsnSnakes
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Message To: Kalnizz In reference to Message Id: 1718579
My beardie wont eat his veggies...
For the last question you asked go to beautiful dragons.com no spaces..and check the nutritional section. It has a list of what can be fed to your dragon. Also try putting some silk worms in the bowl and your bd will eat it and accidently eat the greens too, that should help get him started again. Also they like variety.. so mix it up a little bit.
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04/28/08 05:18am
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#1718762
Shamere07
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Message To: PitsnSnakes In reference to Message Id: 1718676
My beardie wont eat his veggies...
how old is your dragon. from previous post sounds like you where getting a baby beardie if thats the case you can try to get your veggies pureed by putting them into a blender. by doing this it will kinda mush all the food together. then try to put it on the top of his nose . with like a rubber spoon and he should go for it. most beardies at your age wont eat there veggies. you can try to feed it by hand but if he wants it he will eat it. usually does it when no ones around at least iv noticed that with mine hehe. stuborn lil guys. but just use a varity of stuff to see what he will eat.
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04/28/08 09:00am
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#1719402
Pissant
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Message To: Shamere07 In reference to Message Id: 1718762
My beardie wont eat his veggies...
If its a juvenile don’t worry about it they will pick a lil and leave the rest. What i had to do with mine is add repcal pellets to the bowl my lil guy will dig threw it for them but always gets more than just the pellets. Another idea i threw a couple small pieces of escarole in his direction and he loves the chase so he pigged out.
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04/28/08 06:53pm
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#1719752
Kalnizz
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Message To: Pissant In reference to Message Id: 1719402
My beardie wont eat his veggies...
ok i will try it out lol. i have collard greens, mustard greens and dandelions for him is that i big enough selection? i also have some butternut squash but i dont know what part to feed him lol. he takes a bite out of my hand but then turns his head to the rest lol. the reason im freakin out is because i bought 500 crix and he ate them all faster than a planned so im waiting for some to come in the mail, till then i have nothing to feed him exept veggies and wax worms which i know is bad for him all the time. im just worried that he might starve on me :(
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04/28/08 11:11pm
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#1719985
Shamere07
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Message To: Kalnizz In reference to Message Id: 1719752
My beardie wont eat his veggies...
yeah that is a big enough selection .. and i wouldnt worry to much at a younger age try to feed him by hand will cause a good bond between owner and beardy. he will get to reconize you for food.. dont you feel used and abused. you could always try to hit up the pet store at which you bough him for some crixs to hold him over but yeah veggies are good for him. the squash. jsut give him the squash part. i got a speghetti squash because it has fiber in it and calcium.. so it will help him poo. ^^ i just gave him the orange stuff. no stringy stuff or seeds or skin so just cut out the inside and get rid of stringy and seeds and you should be fine. remeber to cut it up tho. other then that i mean snail mail wont take to long prolly got the 3-4 days .. id go with buying a little more but now that you knwo how many he can go through ina period of time you can now estimate when to order. so right when he finishes he will have more ^^. good luck
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04/29/08 10:23am
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#1720852
Kalnizz
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Message To: Shamere07 In reference to Message Id: 1719985
My beardie wont eat his veggies...
hey thanks man, i skipped school and got him some crix. he eats like a bite or to out of my hand of the mustard greens but he turns his head to the rest lol. but i got him some crickets and he was pretty exited, he ate about 25 lol. and ya i have it set so they send me 500 everyweek, so i get the next pack every monday so i should be pretty set up. and how small should a chop his veggies? but ya thanks for all your help
-Kalvin
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04/30/08 02:12am
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#1720970
Shamere07
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Message To: Kalnizz In reference to Message Id: 1720852
My beardie wont eat his veggies...
should be the size in between his eyes. another thing is beardies dont eat to much veggies as there younger only when they become old do they cut back on cricks and veggies more often. so youll prolly see that he wont eat to much veggies but him eating any veggies is good rather by hand or not. but just offere anyways
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04/30/08 08:54am
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