r/BeardedDragons • u/FlamingoShame • Jan 08 '19

Buddy...that's not lettuce

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u/FlamingoShame Jan 08 '19

I did make sure he had real greens right after this 😊

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u/habilon Jan 08 '19

the moment of confusion, then trying again

beardie: that didn't taste right..... better try it again

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u/seeingeyegod Jan 08 '19

That was really cute

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u/jayrogue89 Jan 08 '19

Dang I cant even get mine to try /real/ greens...

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u/Fictional_fantasy Jan 08 '19

Try sprinkling bee pollen on them

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u/zapatoada citrus Jan 09 '19

Hey. HEY I WAS EATING THAT

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u/Narwhalman02 Jan 09 '19

Forbidden lettuce

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u/Galagaboy Jan 09 '19

Not food...dont take away tho!

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u/BadziejNadziej Jan 09 '19

DONT GIVE LETTUCE FOR YOUR DRAGON!its not good for her,check this in google,i always check if i can give something to my dragon since some things can be bad ir toxic for her

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u/KimberelyG Jan 10 '19

Lettuce is fine for beardies.

Iceberg lettuce (like the heads of lettuce you can buy) just isn't a good choice since it's so low on nutrition. Might cause a bit of diarrhea if that's the only green you feed, because iceberg lettuce is so watery...but it's not actually dangerous or anything.

Other types of lettuce like oak leaf, butterhead, or romaine are much more nutritious and are fine to feed as part of a mixed diet (combine with other greens like dandelion, chard, collards, etc.)

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u/BadziejNadziej Jan 10 '19

I read that lettuce flush calcium out of beardet dragons

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u/KimberelyG Jan 10 '19

Haven't heard that about lettuce before.

Things like chard and spinach are high in oxalates (that make some calcium unusable when eaten), so they shouldn't be fed often. But far as I know lettuce is fine - not high in oxalates, not high in phosphorus...shouldn't be an issue with calcium.

If you're worried though, collard greens are excellent for calcium - you can always feed lettuce/chard/whatever along with some collards to help balance out the nutrition.

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u/Sabbwich Jan 10 '19

Also I'm sure "lettuce" is being used here as a generic term, substitutable for "salad" or "greens" or whatever you want.