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[jkoskosky]

i feed my female veiled about 6-10 mealies every day but shes about 4-5 months now


i was wondering if this was to much / when i should change it up / should i feed her more.... i think you know what im talking about here

thanks =]

 

[chameleonman57]

You can probably change her diet up now, us different feeders and try not to use meal worms because of there exo skeleton, it's harder to digestive for chameleons, 6-10 is a good number to stay with.

 

[nick barta]

Meal worms are not the best, the outside is hard. Super worms are a better worm choice, and you can get them in any size (Greatlakeshornworm.com).

IMHO, chams can go days without "starving", just as they do in the wild, and sometimes I think we overfeed rather than underfeed. That being said, at 3-4 months, your cham is growing fast and will require substantial food. I would feed about your normal "volume" of food, and skip a day, then see what she eats in the next feeding.

Consider offering variety in your feeders. Crickets, dubia roaches, silk worms and horn worms are available from the forum sponsors. Also, supplementation is critical, particularly if you do not have her in direct sunlight.

Hope this helps,

Nick

 

[jannb]

Try crickets and silkworms. It's probably time to go to every other day and cool her temps a bit so that she don't lay a clutch of eggs. This link will tell you how to do it: http://raisingkittytheveiledchameleon.blogspot.com/2007/12/keeping-female-veiled.html

 

[jkoskosky]

thanks

thanks

i was gonna consider coastalsilkworms because i live in orlando and i know their east coast location is jacksonville VERY conventient otherwise the shipping rates boost the $10 cost for 1000 silk eggs to about $87468923746

RIDICULOUS!!

she wants nothing to do with crickets and supers just seem way to big for her right now

ill give silks a try and make the trip to coastalsilkworms

BTW

im gonna be making a new cage soon and i plan on making a post on it so keep your eyes peeled

 

[itsaPink]

If you offer her crickets every day instead of mealworms, she will eventually get hungry enough to eat the crickets. It seems mean, but like it was previously stated, they often go days without eating in the wild. After a few days to a week with no mealworms, only crickets offered, she will eat the crickets. Silkworms are good for the cham, but again, not really as a staple feeder. Try Mulberry Farms for silkworms, they have good shipping prices to me in pa and the silkworms always look great!!! Hope this helps

 

[jkoskosky]

well no matter what i do crickets always seem to find a way to escape and after i went through a rough patch with a couple of beardies i think my mom would shoot me if she saw any more crickets in the house hahaha

im gonna give the silks a try and move up to hornworms and supers once shes big enough

ive never tried dubais and have no idea where to get them. i know i can order them but when its 100 outside shipping anything alive ALWAYS seems to die in florida

i can barely mow the lawn without having a heatstroke hahahahaha

its truly misserable outside

 

[CleaTheChameleon]

true that and the amount of humidity my god lol i live in south florida


good luck with the silkies and crickets

 

[darkfader]

I would agree offer a verity of food. I currently have 2 sub adult and 2 neonate Jacksons but I have a bunch of different feeders. I have silkworms, Crickets super mealies, Phoenix, and starting a Dubia Colony this week. All my feeders are in 2 sizes to make sure they all get to try something different. But yeah it does suck to live in a place that 100 degrees. Good luck

 

[jkoskosky]

clea feels my pain haha

 

[JabbaThePanther]

Ehhhh

My baby panther cham wont eat mealworms... or any worms. any suggestions?

 

[Surfrat]

My baby panther cham wont eat mealworms... or any worms. any suggestions?

Crickets and roaches ....

 

[jkoskosky]

not really

ive had my veiled for about 2 months now and when i brought home some pinheads when she was smaller i offered them and she was not interested at all but i went out and bought some mealies and they were annihilated!

tastes and preferences i suppose