a few questions about my beardie

1) best substrate for juvenile
2) are phoenix worms good for juveniles and how would I acquire them?
3) convince him to eat veggies?

1.) IMO white paper towels are the best substrate for juvenile beardies.

2.) You can order Phoenix Worms on line and sometimes you can find

them in local pet stores; however there are a lot of good quality

live foods out there for beardies and personally, I would not recommend

feeding Phoenix Worms.

Because of a bad experience I had many years ago, I would not feed live

maggots to any herp.

3.) I'd suggest you try sprinkling a few live feeders in with the veggies.

The motion in the veggies will get the beardie's attention and the chances

are he / she will eat a few veggies as he's / she's trying to catch the live feeders.

Hopefully he'll / she'll eventually begin to eat more veggies.

I hope this helps.

Also keep in mind that juvies don't eat as many veggies as adults do; gradually, your juvie should begin to eat more veggies as s/he grows. For now, a/he should be eating at least 20 crickets a day up to maybe 60. Juvies like greens better than veggies, so offer a greens mix with a small amount of vegetables, and as a/he gets older, increase the amount of vegetables in comparison to the greens. As an adult, s/he should have a diet of 80% veggies & greens to 20% insect protein; as a juvie, the percentages will be just opposite.

Cockroaches (NOT ones you catch around your house or property) raised to be feeders, such as Dubias, are a good protein source in addition to crickets.

Good luck!