Water Dragons

[Freakish13]

I got some Water Dragons (2 EWD and 1 Gippy) a guy that just could not afford them anymore so i grab them...
Since i have had them (around a month the will only eat mealworms) because thats all they had been feeding them, I have put crickets in with them and they do eat a few but they will not have and fruit or veg...Any help would be great...

 

[disintegratus]

Mine won't touch most fruit and veg. The bigger one will sometimes, but much prefers meat (including insects), and my special guy Stompy won't have a bar of them. I offer them occasionally, but don't bother most of the time, they both seem healthy and happy. I figure that while a captive animal is vastly different in most aspects to a wild one, some aspects are comparable, for example, in the wild, no one's going to be forcing a water dragon to eat their veggies, and they're usually just fine.

 

[Freakish13]

Thanks disintegratus...What meats should i try and offer?

 

[disintegratus]

I give mine Woodies mostly, and occasionally crickets, mealworms, scraps of roo meat, chicken, pretty much anything really. I was having a sausage roll the other day and Not Stompy was eyeing it off real bad, so I offered him a bit (on tongs, otherwise the bastard goes for my fingers over whatever I'm holding), he SMASHED it! I was quite surprised. I wouldn't give them crap like that as a staple, but mine's not exactly fussy!!
Someone else suggested (which I have tried successfully) to run some fruit/veg through a blender and mix with high quality dog food (I used science diet tinned). That worked well, I've actually frozen it into cubes and just grab a couple out of the freezer every now and then.

 

[Trench]

you can also offer them (as with most lizards) some scrambled eggs,

 

[TheReptileben]

try tong feeding veggies I did that with my beardy that refused and it worked a treat; though it takes 20 minutes out of each day

 

[Freakish13]

My Beardie likes boiled eggs...Havent tried it with them yet and and might give tong feeding tomorrow and see how i go...Do you guy feed any other meats other then what disintergratus listed?