I've had the same problem with my chams during outside time on my deck and the minute I turn my back my panthers are down from the plant they were on running across the deck. Especially my male. If he gets an idea of how to get down and away he will try the same thing over and over...
Haha! On the surface they look so innocent and they act so slow and methodical but that's only because they're slyly calculating their next move. Then when we're not looking they put their plan into action! They can move surprisingly fast when they want to..Lol!
I use Vitamin A liquid gels that you can find in the vitamin isle of drugstores. I either inject it into a feeder or put a drop on the feeder and then feed it to my Cham.
Sorry your Cham isn't feeling good. Are one of the lights in the fixture a 5.0 UVB light? Your light fixture should have one light bulb for light and heat and one UVB bulb. Along with supplementing with Calcium everyday you also need to start supplementing with Calcium with D3 twice a month and...
I know how picky a Cham can be believe me! I breed BSF. My female panther loves the flies and larvae but my male doesn't like them as much. I have a Dubia colony and neither of my chams like them. Such a pain!!!
Sorry to hear your girl is having such a hard time. Sometimes it's hard to tell...
You just have to get on the internet and do your reasearch. It's available. That's only what I found in 5 mins.
Regarding live crickets and frozen crickets it still depends on what they are gutloaded with before they are frozen. I feed my chams both live and frozen crickets. I order crickets...
I have various ways of getting a little meat into them. This isn't something I do every day but I do add small pieces of raw fish chicken and shrimp to their diet at least once a week and rarely a piece of lean steak.
My chams hand feed so I think it makes it easy to add it to their diet. I...
Your little girl doesn't look good. She looks like she is dehydrated and malnourished from not eating and probably has a vitamin deficiency. She needs to get some nutrition in her and quick!
As a last result You might try gently force feeding some crickets or hornworms. I mix a little honey (...
Can you please fill out the how to ask for help form and add some pics so we can better help you
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/how-to-ask-for-help.66/
The information is hard to find but it is available online.
Nutrition value if Black Soldier Fly Larvae http://www.co-prot.com/nutritional-value.html
Crickets and other insects https://edibug.wordpress.com/nutritional-info/
http://bigcricketfarms.com/images/Big_Cricket_Farms_Frozen_Crickets_Bulk.pdf
The Melleri hatching is super exciting but I do love Jacksons also!! It's like making a decision between ice cream and chocolate. They're both yummy! :rolleyes: