Chameleon staple feeders

[Roger.bowen]

As of right now I have only been feeding my chameleon crickets for his first month of me having him.

I have come to the conclusion that this isn't going to cut it so I need to order more feeders.

The problem I'm having is deciding how many to order and what his feeding scedule should be.

I am planning on ordering
500 1/8 crickets
500 mealworms (leo gecko) (as a treat)
Hornworms (need help on how many)
Silkworms (same as above)
10-25 butterworms (he needs to bulk up)

I need an example of what a weekly feeding scedule should be like. I wish I could order a lot of silk and horn worms but they are expensive just for like 25

Any input would help me

 

[jannb]

What kind of chameleon and how old? Male or female?

 

[Roger.bowen]

What kind of chameleon and how old? Male or female?

He is a male about 2-3 months old but he is very small still. Maybe only 3-4 inches

 

[Roger.bowen]

Veiled chameleon

 

[jannb]

I'd feed him all that he wants until he reaches 6 to 8 months old. A variety of well gutloaded feeders is always best. When you buy hornworms make sure to get egge. Horns grow super big really fast. If you are in the US contact Linda at lindasgonebuggy.com and have her fix you up a baby box. She sales value packs with 4 or five different feeders for like $20. Below is my blog for how I recommend keeping young veileds. https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-with-young-veiled-or-panther-chameleons.325/

 

[Blang]

My 2 month old nosey be babies are starting to eat small dubia roaches!

 

[Roger.bowen]

I'd feed him all that he wants until he reaches 6 to 8 months old. A variety of well gutloaded feeders is always best. When you buy hornworms make sure to get egge. Horns grow super big really fast. If you are in the US contact Linda at lindasgonebuggy.com and have her fix you up a baby box. She sales value packs with 4 or five different feeders for like $20. Below is my blog for how I recommend keeping young veileds. https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-with-young-veiled-or-panther-chameleons.325/

I live in Canada, this is the site I order from and it also has platters, Im not sure if I should order one but here it is,
http://lazylizards.ca/product/bug-platters/

 

[Roger.bowen]

My 2 month old nosey be babies are starting to eat small dubia roaches!

Those are u fortunally illegal in Canada

 

[Blang]

Those are u fortunally illegal in Canada

USA all they way!!!! Fortunately I have all 3! Chams, dubia & lots of firearms! Lololollolololl

 

[Roger.bowen]

USA all they way!!!! Fortunately I have all 3! Chams, dubia & lots of firearms! Lololollolololl

I wish I was born in the US, everything is like so much better except for the healthcare.

 

[jannb]

I live in Canada, this is the site I order from and it also has platters, Im not sure if I should order one but here it is,
http://lazylizards.ca/product/bug-platters/

You could get him one of those. Normally I wouldn't recommend mealworms and wax worms are high in fat but since you say he's skinny wax worms should be ok for awhile. I also recommend a fecal to check for parasites. Parasites can keep them skinny.

 

[Roger.bowen]

You could get him one of those. Normally I wouldn't recommend mealworms and wax worms are high in fat but since you say he's skinny wax worms should be ok for awhile. I also recommend a fecal to check for parasites. Parasites can keep them skinny.

Ok sounds good I'll probably get the one with the least amount of wax worms since they are just balls of fat. And I don't like the idea of feeding him too many mealworms, which can go to my other reptiles.

 

[KapitalJ]

I wish I was born in the US, everything is like so much better except for the healthcare.

Wow... you don't read much or watch the news do you?

USA all they way!!!!l

lmao!! Love and admire the Patriotism...

 

[Roger.bowen]

You

Wow... you don't read much or watch the news do you?



lmao!! Love and admire the Patriotism...

guys even have a good line up coming. Donald trump or Hilary. Damn that's going to be a successful country

 

[KapitalJ]

lol... yea.... there will be more senseless deaths in the near future...

 

[KapitalJ]

did you order any bugs from the website you posted a link to? @Roger.bowen if so, what did you get?

 

[Roger.bowen]

did you order any bugs from the website you posted a link to? @Roger.bowen if so, what did you get?

I order the lazy lizard, I got
1000 crickets
1000 mealworms(gecko)
10 silkworm(ended up being to big for chameleon)
10 hornworms(too big as well)
10 butter worms(too big as well)
I ordered the smallest size for all the worms but they were still to big
Still trying to figure out good feeder with higher fat to plump up my Cham. They also have to be small. I tried getting phenoix worms but they were sold out

 

[Blang]

lol... yea.... there will be more senseless deaths in the near future...

Hillary will be staying in Martha Stewarts old cell!

 

[Spyro]

My chameleon won't eat dubias so I raise silkworms, hornworms and crickets for him. Let me know if you need small hornworms or silkworms. I usually have plenty.