Dubias not exciting...
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CaliChameleon
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I had the same problem :/ the dubias I thought got eaten were just hiding my veiled would eat one a day if that :/ so I just switched back to crickets but I guess you can try to mix crickets and dubias together to try to get your Cham to like them but I don't know my little guy hair wants his crickets lol 
SarahcoadunatioZac
New Member
I take the suggestion from someone else on this forum, don't know who-
Buy a small group of feeders even if its more expensive just to see if your chams will take to them, rather then have hundreds of feeders you have to get off your hands.
Buy a small group of feeders even if its more expensive just to see if your chams will take to them, rather then have hundreds of feeders you have to get off your hands.
VanessaS
New Member
Thanks! Yeah, maybe I will mix a few molted ones and see if those ones seem more enticing ; )
Hoj
Friendly Grasshopper
My panther Gimo would avoid them like the plauge for about 5-6 months, Literally would be smashing crickets one after another from a cup and I would throw in a dubia and he owuld look at me likt WTF!!
Then one day he switched, now he doesnt et crickets JUST dubia and his worm of course.
I would just grow your colony and wait for the day.
Or get some more chams, One is bound to eat them
Then one day he switched, now he doesnt et crickets JUST dubia and his worm of course.
I would just grow your colony and wait for the day.
Or get some more chams, One is bound to eat them
VanessaS
New Member
One is almost 5 months and one is almost 3 months, so I will keep trying ; )
VanessaS
New Member
My panther Gimo would avoid them like the plauge for about 5-6 months, Literally would be smashing crickets one after another from a cup and I would throw in a dubia and he owuld look at me likt WTF!!
Then one day he switched, now he doesnt et crickets JUST dubia and his worm of course.
I would just grow your colony and wait for the day.
Or get some more chams, One is bound to eat them
Thanks for the advice! Yeah, today I was thinking about just feeding the dubia and see if they go for them. Yesterday I put crickets and dubia in their cups. I figure once they try the dubia they will probably really enjoy them. They are just not keen on trying new things.
nightanole
Chameleon Enthusiast
IM getting mixed results since switching. He will hand feed dubia, so he gets one before i leave for work. Then one when i get home. Then i try a cup but at best he eats 2 in a row since they bunch together and then stop moving.
Ive had the best luck with:
upside down wigglers
black dubia in a white ceramic bowl
screen crawlers
I dont have good results in the sunny-d death trap.
Ive had the best luck with:
upside down wigglers
black dubia in a white ceramic bowl
screen crawlers
I dont have good results in the sunny-d death trap.
VanessaS
New Member
Ooh... That's a thought! You put them on their backs so they wiggle more?
GabeCastro
Established Member
Sometimes i've heard members flipping their dubias upside down so they move around a bit more. Maybe this could work?
Jasper doesn't really go for them either unless I throw a fat adult dubia infront of him.
Jasper doesn't really go for them either unless I throw a fat adult dubia infront of him.
Psychobunny
Avid Member
LOL! that's what I do, it also helps to keep them from running up your arm when hand feeding
A1forall
Established Member
For all of the chams that wont eat them here is a little trick that is used.
Take the roach and pull its hind legs off, the real long and sharp ones. It weakens them from running off and hiding. Then put them by hand on the screen either the top or the walls of the enclosure and back off. I've also found that the chams don't seem to like them dusted (for some reason). I used to dust everything but I've back off from dusting roaches and they like them more it seems. Just pull the hind legs off and you will see for yourself how sharp they are (imagine how your cham must feel swallowing something this sharp).
Just my two cents. Hope this is helpful to all of you that have invested in your roach colony. They are great feeders, and just have to be modified some. Let me know if this helps!!
Take the roach and pull its hind legs off, the real long and sharp ones. It weakens them from running off and hiding. Then put them by hand on the screen either the top or the walls of the enclosure and back off. I've also found that the chams don't seem to like them dusted (for some reason). I used to dust everything but I've back off from dusting roaches and they like them more it seems. Just pull the hind legs off and you will see for yourself how sharp they are (imagine how your cham must feel swallowing something this sharp).
Just my two cents. Hope this is helpful to all of you that have invested in your roach colony. They are great feeders, and just have to be modified some. Let me know if this helps!!
VanessaS
New Member
I'm only using small dubia. Are their legs sharp as well? Thought it was only the adults.
pssh
Avid Member
They can handle dubia legs, but pulling a few off slows them down on the screen. Sometimes babies and smaller guys wont take them right away. I have been able to get every chameleon I have ever tried to feed dubia to eat white dubia. Flipping them on their backs helps a ton too as they kick their legs about. Also, if the hameleon willingly hand feeds, start off trying it that way since they are recognise anything that wiggles in your hand as food.
