Baby Bearded Dragon Eating Veggies

Juveniles should receive about 50 insects and 50 vegetables and fruits.

Baby bearded dragon eating veggies. This video is unavailable. I got him to eat veggies after 1 day using dubia roaches in his vegetables. Young dragons need a diet that is about 50 vegetable and 50 insects. Turnips are a fantastic vegetables to feed a bearded dragon.

A baby bearded dragon should receive approximately 60 80 proteins from insects and around 20 40 vegetables and fruits. If you re feeding a juvenile a daily salad will suffice. A baby bearded dragon s meals should consist of 80 insects and 20 greens and vegetables this ratio will flip flop as they grow older but don t worry about that just yet. Since bearded dragons are omnivores like humans they need a variety.

75 80 of an adult dragon s diet should be vegetables. Bearded dragons like humans do best on a varied and sensible diet because they are omnivorous. An adult should receive about 25 30 insects while the vegetables and fruits increase to around 70 75. This happens to be a typical obstacle that beardie owners face particularly when the dragon reaches that transition stage of its life when it goes from eating mostly insects as a baby to eating mostly vegetation as an adult.

You are not alone. So your bearded dragon is being stubborn and not eating his vegetables fruits or greens. Just prior to bearded dragons becoming adults they change to being omnivores prior to that they are insectivores wotherspoon 2007. My baby beardie kujo eating his veggies.

Feeding a variety of veggies gives your dragon a good balance of the nutrients s he needs to keep bones healthy and immune system going strong. Baby bearded dragon eating veggies. Juvenile bearded dragons will start eating greens and vegetables and as adults they will eat the most. Juveniles having slightly different dietary demands than adults.

Turnips are a good source of vitamins a c and e plus provide some calcium and fiber. The leaves and the white purplish root can be offered just make sure the root bulb is chopped up well.