My bearded dragon loves to eat bugs such as super worms but won't eat his bell peppers or apples. His former home he was just adopted from said he ate fine especially bell peppers. What should I do?

You can try other veggies as well, Beardies often eat much less veggies than they eat bugs, some don't eat veggies at all. just try different types of veggies and hopefully you will find something he eventually likes.

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Okay so my situation is that my beardie refuses to eat his veggies nd fruits! What can I do to make him eat his veggies? I have no problem getting him eating bugs at all. He loves his roaches nd worms! He is a very spoiled little 3 month old beardie

At this age be aware that greens should only be about 25-30% of his diet so try not to overload him with them. When you do offer them, they should be finely chopped so he can easily eat them (not large leafs of lettuce, etc). Offer greens (a small amount) once per day. Try a different variety of things daily to see what he likes. https://www.beardeddragoncare101.com/how-to-feed-bearded-dragon/ Here is a link to an article about what fruits/veggies they can eat: http://animals.mom.me/list-of-foods-for-a-bearded-dragon-12272817.html You may want to try this salad dressing to entice him: https://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=27593 Hope this helps.

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I have a 7 mo bearded dragon, 18", male. He won't eat any bugs except wax worms now. No crickets, so went to dubias and phoenix worms. Nope, not anymore. Mealworms make him sick. Healthy, eats salad fine, poops daily, drinks water daily. Worried abou

As he matures, he will eat less protein (prey) and more greens. You should limit the wax worms though due to their high fat content. If he is regularly eating greens, continue to offer a healthy salad as well as a commercial beardie diet. Prey can be fed every other day. Make sure prey is appropriately sized. If they are too big, he won't eat. Be sure to gut load them to maximize nutritional value and dust with a calcium supplement and multivitamin several times weekly. Drop temperature across the tank to about 76 F on the cool side and 86 F on the warm side. The basking spot can be set around 90 - 100 F.

Updated on September 24th, 2025

Health & Wellbeing

My Bearded dragon does not for the lifeof him want to eat his greens and recently his poop was sorta undigested superworms

Keep offering greens. Make sure to dice them small enough for him to eat. Add some apples, mangoes, grapes, strawberries, blueberries or peaches to get him to eat. Waxworms, hornworms, crickets or dubia roaches can also be mixed in or sprinkled on top. Be patient and offer fresh greens, fruits and vegetables daily. You can even handfeed him to get him started. Make sure he is well hydrated and has proper temperatures. Both play important roles in digestion in reptiles.

Updated on September 24th, 2025

Food & Nutrition

I fed my beardie 5 large superworms, 2 horn worms, and 7 medium and large crickets. He chowed all the worms in 30 seconds and ate a single cricket after a minute or two. I have been feeding him this way for over 2 years and have always been told this

Thanks for reaching out about Smaug and including photos. Adult bearded dragons are omnivorous eating bugs and vegetation. With the vegetables, red, yellow and orange vegetables are also important. Insect have inverse calcium to phosphorus ratio and are a poor long term diet. Gut loading the insects is important to provide appropriate nutrients. If he doesn't get as much bugs, he might be hungry and eat the vegetables. By the photos, he is a little overweight indicated by the thickness of the tail and fat pads in the axillary (armpit) area. Good luck.

Updated on September 24th, 2025

Food & Nutrition

So Loki is almost two years old ND still wants to eat more bugs than greens. is this normal? If not any suggestions?

The bugs/prey likely taste better and move which stimulates feeding. You can try offering greens and vegetables first thing in the morning. Do this about 2 hours after the heat lamp turns on to allow warming. You can sprinkle freeze dried prey on the greens to stimulate the appetite. Also, a bit of a commercial beardie diet can be offered.

Updated on September 24th, 2025

Health & Wellbeing

My bearded Dragon refuses to eat his meal worms and only seems to want to eat sweet things like baby carrots, bananas, apples, lettuce, etc. is this okay if I only feel him mostly fruits and veggies? He seems to eat crickets fine?

Thanks for including the picture. Vegetables are much healthier than fruit, especially for a young, growing bearded dragon. The demand for calcium is high, for the growth of bones and muscles. Dark greens such as kale, cilantro, or other lettuces are a must. Red, yellow and orange vegetables also provide other nutrients. Meal worms are pretty much bags of fat, low in proteins. Adult insects are healthier, such as crickets or the beetles meal worm pupate into. Iceberg and romaine lettuce are not that rich in vitamins and minerals and should not be fed as the sole source of greens. Proper heat and exposure to UVB radiation are also paramount to success.

Updated on September 24th, 2025

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I know every dragon is different but what is a bearded dragos favorite bug, fruit, and/or veggie? I just brought mine home two days ago and he hasn't eaten anything. I heard it's common for that in the beginning but still want to know just in case.

Some of it depends on the age of the beardie. If young, make sure any live food is small enough for it. Meal works, crickets or even pinkie mice Here's a good recipe for a reptile salad. Basic Salad Recipe 1/2 cup shredded raw green beans 1/2 cup shredded raw orange-fleshed squash (such as acorn, banana, kabocha, spaghetti, and pumpkin) - you can occasionally alternate with carrots 1 medium or 2 small raw shredded parsnips (in areas where these are seasonally hard to find, you can substitute with asparagus or cooked or canned lima, navy or kidney beans that have been well rinsed and minced or mashed. If you use beans, add extra calcium to offset their high phosphorus) * 1/4 cup mashed/minced fruit (strawberries, raspberries, mangos, papaya, figs, cantaloupe, cactus pear) Alfalfa ** Multivitamin and calcium supplements * If parsnips are a seasonal vegetable where you live, you can use 1/2 cup shredded asparagus, trading off with 1/2 cup drained, rinsed, and chopped canned co

Updated on September 24th, 2025

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Hey! My name is Taryn. My baby bearded dragon, Otho, has been with me for a month now. He was eating super well- usually a bunch of crickets and a couple calciworms. For the past few days however- he's stopped eating? He shows little to no interest i

Check the temperature in his enclosure. Low temps may affect appetite in reptiles. Survey the area in and around the enclosure for any negative stimuli. This can include his reflection in the glass, loud noise/vibration, bright light or strong drafts. Continue to offer prey and offer different prey such as dubia roaches or freshly molted mealworms (they are softer). These guys can be moody, so it may be a phase.

Updated on September 24th, 2025

Health & Wellbeing

I just bought a fancy bearded dragon. It’s maybe 4 inches. I was wondering how much I should feed it. Not how many times a day but a quantity amount. How many crickets and what amount of veggies (oz)

Feed him as many appropriately sized (no bigger than the space between his eyes) crickets or dubia roaches as he will eat in 10-15 minutes. Baby beardies are eating machines consuming as many as 80 crickets or more daily! Juveniles will eat more live pretty than vegetables. Offer about a tablespoon or two of finely chopped spring mix for him. Change it daily. You can also offer squash, peppers, asparagus, pumpkin and yams just to name a few other veggies. Avoid iceberg lettuce, celery and light colored greens. These offer little in the way of nutrition.

Updated on September 24th, 2025

Training & Behavior

My bearded dragon is 13 months old and he has stopped eating as much as he use to like two months ago. About 2 months ago I would offer him a whole big salad with collard greens, butternut squash, carrots, mustard greens, and some bearded dragon bite

Reptiles can be very subtle in showing when they don't feel well, and often a decrease in appetite is the only sign that they will show. Sometimes they will only be willing to eat their favorite items, so that may be a reason that Cosmo is eating certain things. Alternatively, they may be easier for him to eat somehow as well. Another hard part about reptiles is that they take a long time to show that they are sick, so something could have been going on with Cosmo for quite a while and he just hasn't shown you until now. I would recommend having Cosmo evaluated by a veterinarian due to the decrease in appetite. They will evaluate your husbandry and diet for Cosmo, and may make recommendations for them. This may include adjustments in the diet, as the items you are feeding right now have a great deal of calcium oxalates in them. Calcium oxalates can decrease absorption of calcium by the body, and calcium is very important in reptiles. The items that you are feeding with calcium oxalates

Updated on September 24th, 2025

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