Chameleo Having Trouble Catching Food

[LaurMorr]

I have a year and a half old panther chameleon and it seems like my chameleon has always had trouble catching his food with his tongue. What could be the problem? I dust the crickets daily with Dino Fuel and feed the crickets a gut load with Repashy Super Gut Load. And once a week I dust with a calcium supplement multivitamin. But if he's not able to eat his food then maybe he's not getting his nutrients. Any advice?

 

[Chameleons09]

You might want to try and hand feed or make a cup feeder so that the crickets are in one place and easier for this to catch or even pick up with his mouth.

 

[carol5208]

here read this: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/232-tongue-troubles.html Also, it sounds like you have not been dusting with plain calcium enough. That should be done at every feeding.

 

[Kate]

As a guide his food should be dusted with plain calcium without d3 every feed. Calcium with d3 once every two weeks and a multivit once every two weeks.