Thursday, July 30, 2009

Bearded dargons?

what veggies do they eat
Answers:
yes
kale, collards, romaine, leaf lettuce, spinich bell peppers, cucumber, carrot, squash, sweet potato, mustard greens, turnip greens, parsley, endive, green beans, peas, parsnip, and most fruit.
Leafy greens must be offered daily. Greens include mustard greens, collard greens, turnip greens, dandelions, escarole, chicory, and arugula can be staples in their diet. Lettuces does not have much nutritional value and should not make up their whole diet or even a large part. Romaine could be given occasionally if you can鈥檛 find the other greens. Spinach, kale,and swiss chard are both high in oxalic acids that bind calcium. They can be given, just not too frequently. Variety is a good idea though. Remember, you don鈥檛 have to buy the whole huge bunch of greens. They will weigh whatever you separate out of a big bunch. This is a good way to get a big variety without buying too many greens. Make sure you wash all the veggies to get any pesticides off. Remove large stems (like collard stems), and any rotten parts and then rip the greens into pieces about the size of your dragons head. We cut up all our greens at once and place them in a tupperware container lined with paper towels. This should last about a week in the fridge. Before feeding make sure to rinse the greens you are going to give to your dragon that day if you haven鈥檛 done it before. Also wetting the greens before giving them to your dragon is a great way to get extra water into them.
Vegetables like winter squashes, green beans, parsnips, carrots, sweet potato, and others can be grated up and added to the salad. They need to be in chopped very small or grated pieces. Dragons can not chew large chunks and it will be hard for them to digest. Fruits such as all the berries, mango, papaya, grapes, can be added in a small amount. Offering greens in the morning before they get insects is a good way to make sure they eat their vegetables.
I mix my vegies with a mashed up hard boiled egg and my beardies love it. I would stay away from lettuce but thats really the only veg I avoid aside from that they'll pick and choose. The one fruit all my beardies have loved is strawberry, even in my outdoor enclosure I planted strawberries only to find them demolished a week later.
Also for a break from the live food I on occasion feed my beardies kitten food (meat) as long as it is beef or chicken based (i've been advised more then once to stay away from anything fish based) my guys love the stuff.
Raw diced steak or chicken is also a fav!
hah they can eat bananas with the peal. its so cool!

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