Greens and Bee Pollen?
Posted: Sun May 07, 2017 6:18 pm
Hey everyone! It's been awhile since I've been active on here. I'd like to give a good excuse like "focusing on school" or "traveling the globe in search of treasure" but that has not been the case. I'm just lazy. Now let's dive into my actual post...
A few weeks ago I got a text from a friend that said "please help them". Attached was a screenshot of a facebook post where someone was giving away 2 bearded dragons. Long story short, I now have a bearded dragon.
This bearded dragon, Sparky, was extremely sickly and thin. His growth has been stunted and his nutrition was lacking. Now that he's with me he's getting regular meals and calcium supplementation. Being a "baby" still he is eating mostly protein in the form of dubias. The greens, however, are a different story. Sparky is not a fan of anything green unless it has little roaches crawling on it. I've been trying to get him to eat his greens and nothing has really clicked yet. He will eat them occasionally. Naturally I've been trying different methods (basil, reptile "salad dressing", making them wiggle like bugs) but to no avail yet. My new plan is patience.
Until today. I attended the Wasatch Reptile Expo here in Utah. Surprisingly for our modest little show we had 2 bearded dragon breeders, which I have not seen at the show before. So of course I asked what tips they might have. One of them suggested Bee Pollen, which is apparently used as a nutritional supplement for humans. The breeder said to get picky eaters to eat their greens he buys bee pollen capsules and sprinkles the contents onto the greens.
What do you guys think of this? I naturally did a google search of my own, but I want some fresh takes on the subject. I also figured it could be a good discussion for a community that keeps other omnivorous reptiles.
A few weeks ago I got a text from a friend that said "please help them". Attached was a screenshot of a facebook post where someone was giving away 2 bearded dragons. Long story short, I now have a bearded dragon.
This bearded dragon, Sparky, was extremely sickly and thin. His growth has been stunted and his nutrition was lacking. Now that he's with me he's getting regular meals and calcium supplementation. Being a "baby" still he is eating mostly protein in the form of dubias. The greens, however, are a different story. Sparky is not a fan of anything green unless it has little roaches crawling on it. I've been trying to get him to eat his greens and nothing has really clicked yet. He will eat them occasionally. Naturally I've been trying different methods (basil, reptile "salad dressing", making them wiggle like bugs) but to no avail yet. My new plan is patience.
Until today. I attended the Wasatch Reptile Expo here in Utah. Surprisingly for our modest little show we had 2 bearded dragon breeders, which I have not seen at the show before. So of course I asked what tips they might have. One of them suggested Bee Pollen, which is apparently used as a nutritional supplement for humans. The breeder said to get picky eaters to eat their greens he buys bee pollen capsules and sprinkles the contents onto the greens.
What do you guys think of this? I naturally did a google search of my own, but I want some fresh takes on the subject. I also figured it could be a good discussion for a community that keeps other omnivorous reptiles.