Arboreal Feeders

[HamtheCham]

Hello everyone! I am interested in giving my chameleon a new feeder. He's on a cricket diet and has shown no interest in the superworms I gave him. He seems to enjoy the wild grasshoppers I give him. I was wondering if there is a arboreal insect I can give him as he seems to fancy them over crickets. I know I cannot order locusts online here but is there another option--- thanx for reading!

 

[Lizardlover]

stick insects are another arboreal feeder, katydids as well, other good (non-arboreal) feeders are roaches and silkworms & hornworms.

 

[HamtheCham]

Would you happen to know of a place that sells those online?

 

[Lizardlover]

ebay.com where are you located?

 

[graydon]

www.mulberryfarms.com

 

[Lizardlover]

Stick insects you can buy off ebay the other feeders can all be bought from mulberry like gray posted.

 

[HamtheCham]

Stick insects you can buy off ebay the other feeders can all be bought from mulberry like gray posted.

I will try the eBay thing, I am located in Virginia.

 

[Lizardlover]

only way to get them in the US.

 

[HamtheCham]

only way to get them in the US.

I'm very new to this as you can probably tell. All I see is bugs posted up by people in the UK. Will they ship them to the US and do they even survive the journey?

 

[Lizardlover]

they ship the ova, then you hatch them yourself. They do pretty well. (you can PM me if you have other questions)

 

[xanthoman]

you can buy a mantis ootheca for about $5-7 (+shipping) and in usually 2-6 weeks you will have hundreds of baby mantis too feed your cham(s) also cultured house or blue bottle fly larvae is dirt cheap (as low as 500 larvae delivered for about $12 and they are easy to raise and keep going ,aside from being one of the all time favorite cham snacks http://www.mantisplace.com/ plus mealworms, superworms and waxworms are all easy to raise and keep going. there is info on house and blue bottle flies on adcham and a great waxworm video on youtube by microbiologist ajcann http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXI7uVPZRTE there are also many great (and many more not so great) videos on youtube about how to raise and keep the most common feeders

 

[sandrachameleon]

....I was wondering if there is a arboreal insect I can give him as he seems to fancy them over crickets.

Flies, moths
you could also try roaches and silkworms and butterworms and here's a list of things to consider: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html

 

[jojothefirst]

sorry for being thick but what do you meen by arboreal?

 

[Digby Rigby]

Arboreal aka climbing and flying feeders

The stick insects and their ova are unlawful to sell in the United States but not in the UK. APHIS is very down on people buying or importing phasmids aka stick insects and their eggs into the USA. The green banana cockroach is a wonderful arboreal feeder and eagerly eaten by chamleons and others and it will not infest the house if they get out. They do fly and climb and are legal. People often get them in addition to or instead of housflies or bluebottle flies.

Digby Rigby [email protected]

 

[xanthoman]

The stick insects and their ova are unlawful to sell in the United States but not in the UK. APHIS is very down on people buying or importing phasmids aka stick insects and their eggs into the USA. The green banana cockroach is a wonderful arboreal feeder and eagerly eaten by chamleons and others and it will not infest the house if they get out. They do fly and climb and are legal. People often get them in addition to or instead of housflies or bluebottle flies.

Digby Rigby [email protected]

this could be another broad assumtion on my part (as i have not actually checked the laws regarding such), but, i do not believe stick insects are illegal in most parts of the us. as they are readily available from many usda approved online sellers and commonly available in many (if not most insect carrying ) pet shops

 

[tkilgour]

you can buy a mantis ootheca for about $5-7 (+shipping) and in usually 2-6 weeks you will have hundreds of baby mantis too feed your cham(s) also cultured house or blue bottle fly larvae is dirt cheap (as low as 500 larvae delivered for about $12 and they are easy to raise and keep going ,aside from being one of the all time favorite cham snacks http://www.mantisplace.com/ plus mealworms, superworms and waxworms are all easy to raise and keep going. there is info on house and blue bottle flies on adcham and a great waxworm video on youtube by microbiologist ajcann http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXI7uVPZRTE there are also many great (and many more not so great) videos on youtube about how to raise and keep the most common feeders

I like the mantis idea...this seems like it would be cost efficient.

 

[Digby Rigby]

Stick Insects

All foreign phasmids aka stick and leaf instects are unlawful to sell. Native ones are not allowed to be sold across statelines. Of course all laws can have exemptions and waivers if one has the proper permits and such but they can not be sold like roaches or crickets. One must also have approved facilities in order to receive educational or exhibition permits among other conditions. Also what places that are USDA approved sellers are offering for sale in the United States? If I am erroneous in my information I would like to know.

Digby Rigby [email protected]

 

[bugboy]

i think the deal with the stick insects is that its illegal to transport them between state lines without a permit which is why its hard to get them through the internet. the only reason i was able to get a few of these is because i volunteer at a place that has one species and at the white plains expo there is ONE guy who has a ton of them along with some mantis species as well. you can get a permit if you want to get your bugs through the web but i think the permit costs some money as well.

 

[Carlton]

Cultured houseflies are very popular (check for large houseflies at Grubco). In the cage they tend to stay up near the lights and attract the chams' attention.