Google the Chameleon
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Cicadas have come to my town and I was just wondering if I could feed my Cham some, or a lot of cicadas because there are !!BILLIONS!!
Cicadas!!!
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little leaf
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you lucky dog 
post some pic can you- I just can not imagine what that looks like - I know you can feed them- but I am not sure how many they should have- maybe someone who has fed them can be of more help - please post pics !!
post some pic can you- I just can not imagine what that looks like - I know you can feed them- but I am not sure how many they should have- maybe someone who has fed them can be of more help - please post pics !!
Google the Chameleon
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I will get pics as soon as I can but right now I'm sick, but I will go outside sooner or later to take pictures
Solid Snake
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I wouldnt let it make up more than 1/3 or so of their diet, for more than a day.
Feed them everyday if you like, so long as its not the only feeder they get.
They are fairly nutritious though, people eat them as well.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/gourmet-feeders-coming-east-coast-109927/
Feed them everyday if you like, so long as its not the only feeder they get.
They are fairly nutritious though, people eat them as well.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/gourmet-feeders-coming-east-coast-109927/
little leaf
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Google the Chameleon
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That is what brought me to this thread, just this morning I looked outside and they were everywhere, good thing this wont happen again for 17 years
Trillian
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I'm guessing ours will arrive any day now
Bit nervous but glad to hear they are fully edible! Hope all my guys are up to the challenge.
Google the Chameleon
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Now that I got a good look at the hundreds of cicadas, my veiled is way too small to eat them
Not only have they come to town, they have come to my HOUSE!!! They are all over it... I had some 32oz feeder cups, and went out yesterday and picked up 4-500 of them, but I only have 1 chameleon large enough to eat these things... I have way way too many. If I can't figure out something to do with them in next couple days i'll let them go. Wish there was a way to sell them, maybe make a couple bucks in this hobby/addiction rather than just spending every extra cent I have ( and some cents I don't have) on it...lol
KarmaChameleon1337
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1.5 million per acre. Billions total. I live in VA, and we got hit. You can't take one step without crunching 3-4. Bobo definately LOVES this arrangement.
naich
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here the best method to my knowledge that has worked for me....
go early in the morning/late at night and flashlight a bunch on tree trunks.
eventually you will find a non emerged one still in it pupa stage stuck to the tree, grab it and put it in a container. feed it as soon as possible.
this allows it to feed when its cleanest from environmental impurities, when its physically smallest, and when its softest and can't fly.
go early in the morning/late at night and flashlight a bunch on tree trunks.
eventually you will find a non emerged one still in it pupa stage stuck to the tree, grab it and put it in a container. feed it as soon as possible.
this allows it to feed when its cleanest from environmental impurities, when its physically smallest, and when its softest and can't fly.
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
this sounds like great advice.
while they are in season, I think one could safely offer these every other feeding, or as half of every feeding, so long as there was variety in the remainder of the prey offered.
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