Can a Bearded Dragon Eat Baby Spring Mix Bagged Salads?
Many uninformed beardie owners simply toss a bunch of vegetables into the terrarium without properly educating themselves about what a beardie can and can’t eat. A baby spring mix salad can be harmful to your Bearded Dragon depending on the ingredients in the bag. Ingredients in this type of prepackaged salad varies, so one manufacturer may put certain things in it that another leaves out. The primary green you want to avoid is spinach. It binds calcium to it and it causes your pet reptile a lot of discomfort because it can’t digest the spinach. In general, lettuce isn’t nutritious food for your beardie, either – because it lacks vitamins and minerals that your pet needs. Here are some great alternatives: Collard greens Bok Choy Mustard greens Turnip greens Chicory Escarole You can also add some other foods like squash and carrots, but only in moderation because reptiles can suffer from Vitamin A toxicity, a condition they get if they consume too many foods with Vitamin A in it – and i
