colored crickets?

[icegecko]

Spirulina is a genus (I may be wrong) of cyanobacteria used as a human dietary supplement and in animal foods. tl;dr version: wiki it.

I know I've said it before on this forum, but I cannot emphasize enough how awesome P. nivea is for chams. They breed really well, require very little maintenance and are bright green and very active. The only real downside is that they are on the small side, so you have to feed more of them to a larger subadult/adult chameleon. Mugi eats the P. nivea from my hand. The minute I pull one out he turns for it...even if he's just eaten a big hornworm! He just can't get enough of them.

Stay away from dyes. Chams aren't humans and may react adversely to such artificial products.

 

[Elizadolots]

where are you getting your P. nivea? And, I have to say....flying roaches are a personal nightmare from childhood summer vacations in Louisiana...I'm not sure I could cope with them.

 

[Leroux2008]

okie cool I was just curious what Spirulina is Ive never heard of it before. I dont plan to give my chams anything dye added XD they are perfectly fine with brown crickets... tan lookin super worms green hornworms white silkworms and the list goes on...

 

[icegecko]

Elizadolots:

I got a culture of P. nivea from Kyle on this site: http://www.roachcrossing.com/

E-mail him first and he'll tell you absolutely everything you need to know. He knows his stuff, isn't out to rip you off and ships quickly and efficiently. No hassles. Never had a DOA with him.

One word of advice-if you want to have a culture that you can feed from immediately, you will have to buy at least 200 P. nivea. You clearly aren't going to be using P. nivea as the only food source for your cham, but keep in mind they are small so you'll probably be feeding no fewer than 4-5 P. nivea at a time (in conjunction with other feeders). These numbers add up quickly. Even though P. nivea is relatively prolific, they still need time to establish themselves. Once you get the colony going though...you're set.

Oh, almost forgot. Go Google pictures of them/vids on Youtube. They don't look like roaches (to me anyway). I hate house roaches and these guys, despite being able to fly, pose no problems. They only try to fly when they are frightened. You can pick them up out of their container easy. if you are really concerned, why not buy just a few and see how you/your cham like them? You can always get more later.

...And I've written another essay. It's seems I'm utterly incapable of writing a post in one or two lines.

 

[PeriTanz]

what about powdered parsley?

I would not use parsley! Or any other substance high in oxalic acid as it blocks calcium absorption which you don't want to do!