6000 crix in 5 days

[junglefries]

Baby veils just ate 6000 small crickets in 5 days. Granted that is my personal best. This is not including any other chams, just the army of veils i currently have. And you want to breed chameleons? I have been shoveling poop for 214 hours straight, without sleep. I am starting to reconsider the child labor laws. Anyone got some kids i rent?

 

[FSchams]

Gee that's alot of crickets! How many babies do you have? I have a friend with 70 something eggs cooking right now, they should hatch in about 3-4 months from now. I can't imagine how much they are going to eat if they all hatch!

 

[Rodcham]

Ouch, how many kids have you got now?

 

[dacrazycanadian]

Yeah I'm really curious to how many you have because I have 36 about to hatch. And it's my first batch and I want to know how much to order a head of time.

 

[hpc1979]

Man thats crazy!

 

[laurie]

Baby veils just ate 6000 small crickets in 5 days. Granted that is my personal best. This is not including any other chams, just the army of veils i currently have. And you want to breed chameleons? I have been shoveling poop for 214 hours straight, without sleep. I am starting to reconsider the child labor laws. Anyone got some kids i rent?

I am willing to rent out my daughter, she could even bring her 2 boys. If she wants her normal salary, and mileage from Atlanta, you might not be ahead.

Just keep working!!!!! You know once you are a parent it is a lifetime commitment.lol Stop reading and start shoveling. Breaks are allowed to take pictures for us.

 

[junglefries]

Sorry it took me a while to repost. Been busy. I lost count. There are four 24x 24x 48" reptibreeze slammed full. All outside and the temps have been 82-89°f almost everyday. Only one or two days in the 90°'s. At first, it was only 61-66. Depending on which day (sold and traded some). If you have say 40 babies, you can expect to feed about 400-600 crix a day. I do like to also mix in the fruit flies, just to help the little ones keep up. First, i feed the larger crix, then the small, and then flies. The smaller babies will pass up what is too large, and it also keeps the larger ones from engulfing all the small crix. It can become very difficult to separate them, when you can't find all them. I was keeping exact records, however it quickly became apparent, that if you can't see them all, then monitoring ocd style is out of the question. There are about 40 babies in each 48" cage averaging 4-5" long (body is 2-2 1/2"). For anyone interested: my sire was sired by 'Newton' @ flchams. I am going to be selling them in 10-25 lots. Anyone interested, please pm me. I will give you my # or email. I paid $100 + s&h from flchams (premium veil) for my male. My females were hand picked from several local stores. All babies were born around 4/17-5/1/14. They are eating crix, 'gold' hydei, and hornedworms. No mealworms or superworms. I had no deformities or no deaths yet. I did have one late hatcher who is still kinda itsie bitsie, but no other health issues. They have all been outside for one month with NO live plants, all fake. I was hoping to sell for $20 each, however it quickly became apparent, it is a buyers market. I have completely stocked all local stores and wholesalers. I don't think they even enjoy me coming thru the door anymore, as i have too many veils and some blue bar holdbacks to unload. Anyone interested please pm me, it makes me nervous with a small islamic army on my deck. Estimate there is about 160 veils available. Currently, the quantity of chams to cage is still good. However, in two weeks time, i may be in trouble. So please, let's do this now, rather than later. Thanx to anyone who helps or considers helping. To those who offered use of their children. Thank you and i have sent you my address for their shipping. My sweat shops are some the best in the country. (That is so wrong of me and i am sure i will be wearing gasoline underwear on my way downstairs)

 

[dacrazycanadian]

Haha, oh man, you got some serious work cut out for you. Thanks for the tips I really really appreciate them.

 

[junglefries]

Currently breeding orange head roaches, crix, and hydei fruit flies (6 cultures). Still have to buy feeders. Anyone thinking of keeping 3 female veils, you are just plain out of your mind. I know i was. And just so you know, all the clutches always hatch at the same time, whether panther or veil. Never fails. I hope some will learn from my mistake. One female veil is enough. Ok, to maybe have a couple female panthers, as they are easier to unload. Don't let the cheaper price of the veils fool you. It is golden corral buffet time here all day long. Cute little buggers though. They are actually somewhat sweet when little.

 

[christineacero]

I semi-know how you feel. I have 11 sternfeldi babies right now and I'm going through roughly 1000 crickets a week and I'm feeding bean weevils and fruit flies as well. Those little guys are eating machines!!