Food Bowl

[Shawn89]

Hello everybody,

I have two (male and female) veileds living in a massive cage together (the girl is about 3 months old and the boy 2 months old.) The two love to sit on two branches that over look a small dish that holds meal worms, I also replace the dish with squash when I feed them crickets, which draws the hoppers to it like a watering hole in the desert. Either way Coco (f) and Leo (m) sit on those two branches and pig out, and when they are done they go to their favorite basking spots (respectively). should I have a set place in the cage for them to get their grub on? or should I make them earn it by making them hunt in the cage?

P.S. I am building a second cage to move Leo out so they can live separately which will be done in a week.

 

[jastate09]

Seperating them in a week is an excellent idea. I wouldn't worry about two food bowls since you are getting seperate cages. Also meal worms are not a good staple food. They are ok for treats every now and then. Try superworms or silkworms instead.

 

[carol5208]

Seperating them in a week is an excellent idea. I wouldn't worry about two food bowls since you are getting seperate cages. Also meal worms are not a good staple food. They are ok for treats every now and then. Try superworms or silkworms instead.

Perfect answer! Couldn't have said it better myself!!!!

 

[Carlton]

Hello everybody,

I have two (male and female) veileds living in a massive cage together (the girl is about 3 months old and the boy 2 months old.) The two love to sit on two branches that over look a small dish that holds meal worms, I also replace the dish with squash when I feed them crickets, which draws the hoppers to it like a watering hole in the desert. Either way Coco (f) and Leo (m) sit on those two branches and pig out, and when they are done they go to their favorite basking spots (respectively). should I have a set place in the cage for them to get their grub on? or should I make them earn it by making them hunt in the cage?

P.S. I am building a second cage to move Leo out so they can live separately which will be done in a week.

Move the food bowl around so they have to look for it. Or, you can try a larger plastic storage box so the feeders move around and the chams have to climb along the rim to get a shot at the feeders. The distance also exercises their tongue muscles.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Using a feeding bowl is great, in that it contains the bugs (and you can keep them gutloaded there easily), you can count what is eaten. Free-ranging is more natural, and may be more "interesting" for the chameleon.

I use two food bowls per cage. One small one that I move around the cage from time to time. One large one that allows the bugs to roam a fair big within it, making it somewhat more like free-range hunting for the cham.

Now and then, just to spice it up for the chameleon, I also free-range some bugs, like silkworms, the occassional cricket, stick bugs (but never roaches). When I free-range, I usually try to place the bug up high, so the chameleon is looking upwards to shoot at it. I do this because usually they are shooting downwards into a bowl. I doubt it makes any difference really, but I like the idea of changing things up.

 

[Shawn89]

Seperating them in a week is an excellent idea. I wouldn't worry about two food bowls since you are getting seperate cages. Also meal worms are not a good staple food. They are ok for treats every now and then. Try superworms or silkworms instead.

First off thanks everybody for the input, second, where can I find cheap silk worms and wax worms and super worms? (I like worms better than crickets because you can super gut load and they don't crawl out of my containers, But I still get small amounts of crickets to mix it up)