My Baby Dragon Eating Vegies But not crickets?

[BD1B2G]

Okay so i got a 2months old bearded dragon, shes eating vegies and beatles but not the crickets?
How can i get my baby bearded dragon to eat crickets ?

Thanks

 

[Shotta]

by beetles do you mean woodies?, also what size crickets are you feeding it? does it show interest in the crickets?

 

[dragonlover1]

you should feed critters smaller than the gap between their eyes and not too many at once because they get intimidated

 

[BD1B2G]

Shes is given small crickets and not eating
Small beetles and not woodies and eating.
Eating carrots and plays in the water bowl and lay on the vegies a lot
She normally just let the crickets crawl onto her and stuff and doesnt care much about the crickets at all.

 

[Tobe404]

Try Woodies over Crickets. They wont attack her eyes/soft tissue body parts.

If you do insist on Crickets though make sure they have their own food in the enclosure so they don't try and feast on your Beardie.

 

[BD1B2G]

yeah i think im gonna get some woodies sometimes soon and start a woodie colonie as well as an cricket colonie.

 

[dragonlover1]

I prefer woodies over crickets as they are quieter,cleaner and slightly more nutricious,I have a woodie farm and made a filter system out of some small buckets with different size holes for different size bugs for my various size beardies. Some beetles are okay but don't feed beetles too much as they are more chitinous (hard shells) which is harder to digest.

 

[richoman_3]

sounds like a vegetarian than !!

keep persisting with the crickets, are you dusting them?

 

[BD1B2G]

i dont have repcal or any dusts. anyways thats not the point she just doesnt crickets and she love her black beatles. are they nutritious? ill show u guys a picture tomorrow of the beatles !

 

[animal805]

Throws hands in the air. Some people just cant be helped. Listen to the advice above, NO BEETLES, feed WOODIES or CRICKETS with calcium 4-5 times a week and vitamin powder 1-2 times a week

 

[ssnakeboyy]

You NEED calcium powder. And also some bearded dragons are scared of crickets and they usually like woodie better so why not just feed woodies?

 

[aussie_lad]

My 2 are the opposite they smash crickets but not so much the vegies... By the way what the others said with the woodies is a great idea my 2 looooove woodies if theres crickets and woodies in there they wont even touch the crickets they just smash down the woodies. Its like crack for beardies haha

 

[someday]

how long have you had him? ive had my guy a week and his not big on chasing anything yet but his keen if anything is in his food bowl.

 

[Grogshla]

Beetles are horrible to feed to your dragons. Whoever told you to do this has no idea!
Feed small crickets and medium woodies. Nothing that is bigger than the gap between the lizards eyes.
What heating are you using? What are the basking temps and what uvb do you use?
If you can't listen to good advice you might as well give your dragon away before it dies.