{"id":361,"date":"2008-04-13T10:23:47","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T10:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/v2\/?p=361"},"modified":"2014-07-28T09:44:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-28T09:44:48","slug":"bearded-dragon-vegetables-and-fruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/bearded-dragon-vegetables-and-fruits\/","title":{"rendered":"Bearded Dragon Vegetables and Fruits as Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vegetation and fruits play important part to compliment the food feeding and balance up the bearded dragon\u2019s diet. Most of the vegetables and fruits can be easily found the in grocery stores.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In terms of vegetables for bearded dragon feeding, it should be leafy greens as it provides moistuire and nutrients. There are many choices of vegetables you can use to feed them.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Lefty Greens<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Collard Greens<\/li>\n<li>Turnip Tops<\/li>\n<li>Mustard Greens<\/li>\n<li>Dandelion Greens<\/li>\n<li>Coriander<\/li>\n<li>Parsley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Try to avoid spinach and swiss chard as these vegetables contain chemicals that can combine with calcium and prevent its absorption. If you insist to feed them on spinach and swiss chard, it should be fed carefully.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>Vegetables<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Other than leafy greens, other fruits and vegetables should be provided occasionally as well. The vegetables would be including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Green Beans<\/li>\n<li>Celery<\/li>\n<li>Broccoli<\/li>\n<li>Squash<\/li>\n<li>Carrots<\/li>\n<li>Bell Peppers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><u><strong>Fruits<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n<p>Fruits should be included as secondary diet as well. Stay away from the acidic fruits such as oranges or lemons. Fruits choices for bearded dragon are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grapes<\/li>\n<li>Kiwis<\/li>\n<li>Bananas<\/li>\n<li>Apples<\/li>\n<li>Mango<\/li>\n<li>Pears<\/li>\n<li>Berries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>All fruits and vegetables should be prepared properly for bearded dragons. Cut them into small pieces or shred them into bite-sized pieces.<\/p>\n<p>There are many types of vegetables and fruits that are suitable for bearded dragons, however the list mentioned should be enough for feeding choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vegetation and fruits play important part to compliment the food feeding and balance up the bearded dragon\u2019s diet. Most of the vegetables and fruits can be easily found the in grocery stores.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beardeddragoncare.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}