help please beardie not eating

[Hooglabah]

hay guys
my juvanile beardie isnt eating greens or the pellets ive tryed ripping off crickets back legs and putting it in the food bowl but it just grabs the cricket any suggestions hasnt eaten any greens at all that ive seen and i ve had it for about 3 or 4 weeks now

any help would be great

 

[sockbat]

I had probs with mine doing that,How many crix are you feeding her at a time, And how often???

 

[Chris1]

what worked for mine was to put the salad bowl on their basking spot in the morning,..theyre looking @ it all day, they havent had any insects yet and are hungry,...they start to eat it, they get the insects when ii get home from work in the afternoons,..

just to get them started.

and only if ur beardy is in good condition, if hes skinny fattten him up a bit first, it might take a few days of not feeding him bugs @ all (obviously offer a fresh salad each day) till he starts to eat it.

apparently bugs taste better.

but try that, it should work.

 

[Helikaon]

i got mine to eat pellets by feeding them roaches from tweezers and then offer pellets from tweezers. and they started eating them fine.

 

[sockbat]

Personally I'd stick to the fresh food and give the pellets a miss. Offer salad every day, crix 2 days on 2 days off. And don't forget the calcium. As long as its healthy I wouldn't worry to much about the salad it will come around when its ready.

 

[Hooglabah]

its feeding is kinda all over the place it gets crickets when im home some once every three or four days about three crickets all dusted. but never touches the salad or the pellets i'll try putting a salad pellet mix near its basking spot but it will have to wait till i get it to my new house (reason why its feeding is allover the place).
its seem active and fat enough atm gets all the uv and heat i needs ect ect. few more hours without food should be fine.

 

[Hooglabah]

bump

 

[dragon lady]

how old is you juvie?

 

[Renagade]

why dont you try something a little more visual, like flowers, danidions and hybiscus are good.dont offer bugs for a little while and they get hungry.