Mint leaves

[kym]

Just wanted to share that my Spike goes mad for mint. I mix in one or two chopped leaves into his salad and he loves it. The other day he leapt of his hammock into the salad bowl before I got it down to the tile and he's only a few months old, from what I'm reading I don't think he's supposed to love salad this much! Just an idea for spicing up your beardies salads!

 

[TheDragonKeepers]

Yup, it's fun and zingy on your tongue.
Try him with some shredded flatleaf basil - he's going to go INSANE.

 

[Paradon]

Don't feed too much mint, though. It has very little nutritional value. :wink:

 

[kym]

I don't give him a lot. One leaf mixed with his big dish of salad, made of collard or mustard greens which he has been finishing daily. He tried a sliver of a grape tonight. He amazes me how much he loves to eat, crickets and salad alike.

 

[TheDragonKeepers]

Try him with some blueberries - I haven't met a single dragon yet that doesn't love blueberries! Fun AND tasty.

 

[ShannyBeard]

Do you cut the blueberries up for them?

 

[TheDragonKeepers]

Heh, no - I do give them a gentle roll between my finger and thumb to soften the firmer ones. They're at their tastiest when you can give them a nice firm BITE and they go "POP!"

 

[bltkpo]

Bindy likes blue berries and grapes! In fact, I mix some grape into his salad and he picks it all out! Stinker.. hhaha!

I will have to try the mint and basil tricks.

 

[nikipop]

Zelda doesn't like blueberries... Or any fruits I've tried so far. She just wants mustards collards dandilon and turnip greens. If it's not green she's not interested.

 

[kym]

I'm starting to wonder if there is a food Spike doesn't like. In addition to the 60 or so crickets he ate today, he downed all his salad and 2 of the 3 blueberries I put in there. He has quite an appetite but is growing SO fast, I had to include a couple pictures, these are about 6 weeks apart:

 

[ShannyBeard]

WOAH! He grew up fast in that time. That's awesome!

 

[kym]

No kidding, I can't believe it! He loves to ride around perched on my "chest" like that....convinced he's a boy :wink:

 

[TheDragonKeepers]

*laughing* Welcome to the explosion! They're funny like that, with fits and starts.
And all of my dragons like to sit on my chest too - makes sense, it's relatively stable, shelflike and kinda comfy. For convenience and stability I bump them onto my shoulder when we're out and about.

 

[Wetbee]

Klaus thinks he is a flying squirrel. He will leap into the unknown. I don't think I would dare take him out of the cushy living room without a harness of some sort on.. CC is a little lady and is very mellow about coming out and being out of her Viv. Leno tail rudders as he is being lifted, doesn't trust me to protect him, I usually scoop him onto a piece of toweling so he feels more secure. Once out he meh about being on me. The 3 are a year old this month! I need to get a camera. I look forward to trying them with Mint. and Yep they have just had blueberries first time and they loved them, and pick them out of their salads..and pick the red sweet peppers out next.

 

[TheDragonKeepers]

Wetbee - I have completely the same problem with Hyphen - he'll walk off anything, jump massive distances... We always say he was born without a brain, but I guess he's got time to grow one yet