What age to start on salad?

[James..94]

Hi all

2 days ago i bought some baby centrals of Twiggz.
Just wondering how old they have to be before they start eating salad?

Cheers James

 

[bulionz]

i think myne stated at about 1 month maybe less just keep some carrot and stuff in there and see

 

[888lowndes888]

Mines 5 months and only just starting to accept salad and veggies

 

[James..94]

Ok thanks

 

[DA_GRIZ]

when i bred my beardies 2 years ago we had them feeding on vegies at 1week aswell as crickets. all beardies will be different ages before they will start to eat them and i;ve heard of some never eating them.

 

[Reptile_Boy]

when i bred mine 1 week until they ate veggies

 

[bulionz]

he my eastern beardie has never eatern veggies or greens just live

 

[TheBoga]

My beardy has never eaten anything other than woodies or crickets and they have to be alive and kicking or he won't eat them either. He's 2 1/2 and never eaten salad or fruit, I've tried everything. I still put it all in there daily just to throw it out untouched.

He just runs all over the salad bowl and picks through it to get the live food. I didn't feed him for a couple of days hoping he'd go the salad but still didn't. He just looked at me as if he knew my plan.

 

[bowdnboy]

littlies Ive bred eat it pretty much straight after they start eating live food. Around 5-10days. Ive found once one has a munch and others see him eating, the others tend to investigate also. For those that didnt get on them straight away, I used a wooden skuer and pricked a small piece of chopped bokchoy or endive and waived it around their head and along the ground as if it was moving. They tend to watch it pretty intently thinking its alive and then grab it.

You'l find once they know what it is, and they can eat it, they generally will when you put it in. Also put a couple of bits close to where they are basking so they dont have to go far to eat it. Ive noticed sometimes if they have to travel to the other side ot the enclosure to get to it, they wont. But once they start eating it where they are, then their more interested to move for the rest

Just my experience any way. good luck

Cheers
Colby

 

[gravitation]

Hearing people say 'my bearded has never eaten veggies' never fails to stun me, may i suggest you start your bearded on veggie mixes straight away? Every bearded i have ever had has gulped down veggies without hesitation, some are a bit trickier than others but eventually they can't resist and i think this is a result of my feeding schedule.

My hatchies get a nice nutritious veggie mix every second day, every third day they get crickets.
As they get older i cut down on crickets, and they only get fed every second day and whether or not they get veggies or crickets depends on how my crickets are breeding and how many veggies i've got in the fridge.

I suppliment veggie mixes with bearded pellets and calcium powder a couple of times a week from day one, i don't suppliment crickets with anything. They get the crickets i breed so i know the crickets are nice and healthy and full of good stuff.

 

[dailyskin]

My baby almost eats TOO much veggies. He will gulp down as much bok choi, basil and mint as I will give him, but is only starting to eat crickets every day. I shouldn't complain I guess!

 

[sparky]

I find on day 16 there are just the right amount of vegetarian hormones flowing for them to start accepting vegies early. If you miss this day or indeed offer vegies too early you will get poor results as seen by the other members in here.

 

[TheBoga]

Hearing people say 'my bearded has never eaten veggies' never fails to stun me, may i suggest you start your bearded on veggie mixes straight away?

Don't be stunned, and yes I hear your suggestion and agree totally.

The problem with my beardy is that when I got him he was over a year old and was told when purchasing him that he ate vegies occasionally. 12 months later, not one vegie or piece of fruit has been eaten.

I've experimented with different feeding schedules, witheld live feed to entice him and I also put greens in every day and leave them for him.

His live feed gets calcium and the green flakes on it which stick well if I mist his crickets/woodies.

He's been fine for nearly three years now and I'm sure he'll continue to be fine.

Nothing else I can do.

 

[JasonL]

Some dragons will thrive in captivity, some won't, some are aggressive eaters, some arn't. Enclosure design and heating play a huge role in the mood of a Dragon, if they arn't happy, you will end up with a picky eater. If a dragon is happy and well heated, they will eat greens as a first meal at about day 3, if you keep them well fed up on insects, they may refuse greens, if you have water on supply 24/7, they may not eat as many greens as if there was no water supplied ( I am not telling you to not supply them with water). Try flower petals and clover for hatchy dragons, that's all I offer my hatchies as they are light and easily digestable.

 

[TheBoga]

Enclosure design and heating play a huge role in the mood of a Dragon, if they arn't happy, you will end up with a picky eater.

Does this apply to adults? My enclosure is set up as standard, same as everyone agrees to, all the correct temps etc. I think the problem with my fella is what he was given as a Juvy as feed by the previous owner/breeder before I got him.

I'll persist with the greens as I have since the day I got him. Denying him live food hasn't encouraged him to eat greens.

 

[jibba]

littlies Ive bred eat it pretty much straight after they start eating live food. Around 5-10days. Ive found once one has a munch and others see him eating, the others tend to investigate also. For those that didnt get on them straight away, I used a wooden skuer and pricked a small piece of chopped bokchoy or endive and waived it around their head and along the ground as if it was moving. They tend to watch it pretty intently thinking its alive and then grab it.

You'l find once they know what it is, and they can eat it, they generally will when you put it in. Also put a couple of bits close to where they are basking so they dont have to go far to eat it. Ive noticed sometimes if they have to travel to the other side ot the enclosure to get to it, they wont. But once they start eating it where they are, then their more interested to move for the rest

Just my experience any way. good luck

Cheers
Colby

Great advice Colby! This worked for me!

 

[jibba]

Further to my above note, I started to use this method a few days ago.. and it works like a charm.

Great to wach him run after the bok choy..

Can't wait until my Daneloins are grown.. Nice calcium intake..

 

[James..94]

Thanks for all the advice

I have watched them eat their vegies two times now

Cheers James