Best supplement for a panther chameleon

[Kitana]

I have a male nosy be panther chameleon (although his normal colour is a dark turquoise green and he's only blue when stressed or scared) i was wondering what would be the best supplement to give him would be, at the moment he gets pure calcium powder 4 times a week and Nutrobol 2 times a week as the shop recommended. Is there anything else out there that would be better for him?

 

[sandrachameleon]

what you are offering is probably fine,
depending on what lighting you use, what you gutload with, what type of prey/feeders you offer, etc

Nutrobol once or twice a week is fine, with a vitamin free calcium/mineral powder (I like sticky tongue farms Miner-al) more often.

 

[Kitana]

He's in a custom made vivarium with a exo terra 5.0 reptiglo strip uvb bulb which is at the top but in the middle as he spends more time at the front than back, i've only had a female veiled before him and she was as vicious as they get which is normal, but this nosy be is the complete opposite, he's incredibly friendly and constantly scratching at the glass door when i walk past to come out, i've set up a basking light in the living room so he doesn't get cold, i worry about him wanting to come out all the time as im so used to unloving chams lol

 

[Kitana]

I know that she kept him under a 10.0 reptiglo UVB and she fed him on morios and locusts as he doesnt like crickets, he's 2 years old. I've been gutloading morios and locust on veg and tried feeding him some Dubai which I feed on veg, cat biscuits and fish food flakes but he will only eat a few locust or Dubais and will scoff the morios

 

[sandrachameleon]

FYI best not to use cat food or fish food for your dubia gutload. Here is a link to some gutloading info: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/75-feeder-nutrition-gutloading.html

If he's spending a lot of time out of the cage and in your living room and thus away from the UVB tube, you might want to put a UVB tube in the living room too, or slightly increase his D intake.

Morios are high in fat, so dont let him eat too many of those. Try to keep him eating as much variety as possible.

 

[Kitana]

I have ordered some Repashy bug burger if that's any good? I hate the smell of cat and fish food and stinks the room out. I've been using some Bee pollen on dubais and locust to see if it makes him more interested in them and it's worked slightly. He has a 5ft tall fake tree with sturdy branches to climb on with a heat lamp at the top in the living room, He does drink everyday but the humidity in my living room is about 45% so I try and limit his out time to 2-3 hours a day. He doesn't panic in his enclosure, he eats, drinks and poops in it and I've put a lot of rope and plants for climbing and hiding which he will happily do, goes to bed at 10 'o' clock every night in the same place, it's only when I walk past or put my arm in to chuck feeders in there that he scrambles out, I'm not complaining though, he's a full on character Thanks for your help