fruits or vegetables as food

[Ricardopalma12]

can i feed fruits or vegetables to my chameleon in order to give her a varied food, I've been feeding her with crickets and I gave her superworms just the first day I got her (this is my 3rd day with her)

 

[Syreptyon]

Veiled chameleons will often accept plants, yes

 

[Ricardopalma12]

can you tell me what type of plant so i can get an idea of what to get?

Veiled chameleons will often accept plants, yes

Can you tell me what type of plants?, so I can have an idea of what to get

 

[JacksJill]

On the food and nutrition page there is a section on gut load, those items can be offered to veiled chameleons in addition to live feeders.
The leafy greens work well.

 

[Fawnmisty]

Any vegetables or fruit safe for Panther Chameleons? Our panther is almost 5 months old. He loves his crickets and fruitflies. Today I saw him try to eat one of his fake leaves. I don't know if he was being nosey and just trying to take a bite, or if he wasn't impressed by the food we had given him for breakfast, but I wanted to know if there is any safe fruit or vegetables I can offer him? Overall he is very healthy and happy, eating, pooping, peeing and sleeping regularly. Just wanted to offer him something new to see if he will be interested. So far he doesn't like BSFL. He is still too small to offer hornworms, silkwoms, or superworms.

 

[Loki-Laurason]

Any vegetables or fruit safe for Panther Chameleons? Our panther is almost 5 months old. He loves his crickets and fruitflies. Today I saw him try to eat one of his fake leaves. I don't know if he was being nosey and just trying to take a bite, or if he wasn't impressed by the food we had given him for breakfast, but I wanted to know if there is any safe fruit or vegetables I can offer him? Overall he is very healthy and happy, eating, pooping, peeing and sleeping regularly. Just wanted to offer him something new to see if he will be interested. So far he doesn't like BSFL. He is still too small to offer hornworms, silkwoms, or superworms.

I am wondering the same thing!

 

[JacksJill]

Panther juveniles go thru a chewing stage. I suspect they are just testing their teeth.
They are total carnivore's and don't actually eat plants.
Veiled will eat some plants but mostly for moisture.

 

[Daesie11]

Any vegetables or fruit safe for Panther Chameleons? Our panther is almost 5 months old. He loves his crickets and fruitflies. Today I saw him try to eat one of his fake leaves. I don't know if he was being nosey and just trying to take a bite, or if he wasn't impressed by the food we had given him for breakfast, but I wanted to know if there is any safe fruit or vegetables I can offer him? Overall he is very healthy and happy, eating, pooping, peeing and sleeping regularly. Just wanted to offer him something new to see if he will be interested. So far he doesn't like BSFL. He is still too small to offer hornworms, silkwoms, or superworms.

There are small hornworms and silkworms that you can get. I got my guy at around 2 months and he was hardly bigger than the first knuckle on my pinky finger, he took tiny hornworms and silkworms the biggest issue is feeding them off before they get too big, but my local exotic shop let me bring back the hornworms that grew too big for him and swap them out for a cup of tiny ones again, so i got my money's worth out of them

 

[Big E]

I am wondering the same thing!

Do you also have a Panther?

 

[Loki-Laurason]

I will be getting one very soon! It’s my first! I’m so excited!!!!!

 

[Big E]

That is great, keep up the great research!

 

[snitz427]

Clarice will tear up a curly kale plant. I put a small one in her enclosure every now and then and let her go to town... its only a few small leaves. She hasnt taken a liking to much else. She did like hibiscusc but I cant seem to find any that werent treated with strong pesticides.