TheDankestMeme
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Is there anything I can feed my chameleon besides live insects and stuff, and water way to keep its cage moist and water on the leaves while I'm gone for a week
Food and water
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Virgil1972
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I have never heard of a cham eating anything other then live insects.
Theveiled
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Mine will eat some veggies but they dry within a few hours
Virgil1972
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So does mine. I should have said I have never heard of a cham eating canned insects.
Theveiled
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Oh ok! yes I have never heard of that either and I don't think it would be the best for them because would they be gut loaded? and with what?
BabyChamCham
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I know veild chameleons can eat fruits and veggies when there around 8 months (I think) but you have encourage it. No. Just leaving it there.
Chamifornia
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You should really read some care sheets on your chameleon. By these threads you have posted it sounds like you are lost. Not to be rude but please do more research or hopefully some one posts some for you.
trickedoutbiker
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Chameleons can go a couple weeks without food, but it's not recommended. But I do know they can go a week without food, because many times when a chameleon goes on a hunger strike, it can last over a week. I've personally had a chameleon go on a hunger strike that lasted a week before; they are just stubborn sometimes.
BUT...
If you are going to be gone for a week it is recommended to have somebody watch your chameleon. Lots of bad things can happen in a week. You don't want him to go a week without food if you don't have to as well. Two or three days isn't that bad but a week is kind of long.
Bush baby
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Food is the least of your problems. Water is the big one. I assume by your avatar that you have a veiled, which buys you some leeway, as they're better adapted at going without water than other chams, as they live in hotter/dryer climates. They can get their fluid needs met by eating plant material. If you cannot get someone to watch your cham for you (the best option), or will not have a misting system set up in time, the next best option is to leave veggies that don't decay fast like Collard greens and Bell Pepper in the enclosure for him. I would personally place these items in a shallow dish of water (like the cream cheese lid in the pic below) so it doesn't dry out as fast.
Your food concern is simpler; just free range. I free-range feed my cham by simply placing about 24 crickets in the enclosure with him; they don't bite him because at the bottom of the encloure i leave a good supply of food for them to eat (also see pic below). These usually last my cham about a week. Another option is to leave a deli cup with about a dozen calcium dusted super worms in the enclosure, and just add a carrot or some other food in the cup with them so they stay full; or you could buy some Blue Bottle Fly Pupae; place about 20 of them in a cup in the enclosure with him; they usually take about a week to hatch when kept at room temperature, so time it so they hatch while you're gone and he'll eat them as they hatch over the course of several days…
Like someone else mentioned, a healthy cham can go longer than a week without any food..it's fluid that's more of the challenge in your case.
