Best feeder?

[alyssapetrocco]

what do you think is the best overall feeder for chameleons? What are your top 3?

 

[laurie]

I don't think there is "a best" as chameleons are like us and want/need variety. My personal top three I always stock are crickets, superworms & my favorite - dubias. I raise my own supers & dubias and get crickets from Ghann's so my kids eat well.

 

[pssh]

Roaches (dubia specifically) then silkworms, then supers or hornworms. Just my opinion. I always have crickets, dubia, and supers though.

Roaches dont smell, chirp, jump, bite, or smell, and they breed like crazy when you give them food and heat. Silkies are soft, cute, good for hydration, and can be semi gutloaded with things other than mulberry leaves/chow, but they die if they aren't kept clean or are too moist. Hornworms are more hardy than silkies, super hydrating, good for them, but they grow super big super fast (which can be both good and bad.) Supers can be easily gutloaded, come in different sizes, have less chitin than crickets, better meat:shell ratio than mealies, are easy to house, dont really smell, dont jump or make noise, but they can be addicting to the chameleons and they can bite (though it doesn't hurt.)

 

[ghettomike]

1) dubia roaches 2) crickets 3) superworms. those are the best staples in my opinion but variety is key. i like to feed those but also silkworms(when she will eat them), hornworms (when i can get them in Canada), butterworms, butterflies, i would like to get grasshoppers and mantis' as I have never fed them but would if i could find them.

 

[jamncristian]

my top 3 favorite feeders would be

phasmids( If I could get them)
I havent heard of a chameleon that doesnt go crazy for these
& they reproduce well

CB lubber grasshoppers or green katydids
again I havent heard of a chameleon that doesnt go crazy for these
& they are easily gutloaded

silkworms, hornworms, & butterworms
I like their nutrition values
but would only breed silks if I had a mulberry tree

 

[sandrachameleon]

I don't think there is "a best" as chameleons are like us and want/need variety.

I agree, there is no single feeder that is best or which should be used as a staple, IMHO, variety is important.

The ones I most use currently are:
Roaches (three different types)
Silkworms
Crickets
Superworms
Stick Insects

My chameleons top favourites are:
terrestrial isopods
stick insects
moths