Gutloading, Supplement & Behaviour advice

[myma81]

Hi everyone,
Just need some advice on what to gutload different insects with. I currently have small crickets, dubia roaches, calci worms & meal worms. Should I be feeding them all the same or different fruits & veggies?
Also suplements - I currently use Nutrobol which I understand I should only use monthly. But what calcium product is best to use daily?
Behaviour - Neo likes to hang upside down like a bat among his vines in the daytime, is this normal?
Hope to hear from you xx

 

[chameleonkev]

For my crickets, roaches and locust I use collard greens and carrot peels and I also use water gel for the crickets and roaches to drink and I don't gut load my worms I just dust them, I do dust the crickets and everything else as wel

 

[jaglon53]

I tend to go with cricket crack which is a dry gut load made up of a bunch of nutrients. You can buy it off of Swiss he is a member on here and I put an orange slice in with crickets for water? I tend to forget to change the veggies on the regular so this method works well for me and a lot of other members.
As far as your Cham acting like spider man that is normal no need to worry.

 

[chameleonkev]

And nutrobol isn't recommended for chameleons, I buy my calcium of Lilly exotics, it's a bit more expensive but well worth the money after using for a month my chameleons just looked so much brighter and healthier but I also use repticalcium when that's ran out and as for your Cham I wouldn't worrie they do all sorts of wired stuff I've seen my go to sleep hanging by just his tail

 

[Kate]

I use Komodo cricket dust every second day and nutrobal every Saturday for an adult Cham.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Hi everyone,
Just need some advice on what to gutload different insects with. I currently have small crickets, dubia roaches, calci worms & meal worms. Should I be feeding them all the same or different fruits & veggies?
Also suplements - I currently use Nutrobol which I understand I should only use monthly. But what calcium product is best to use daily?
Behaviour - Neo likes to hang upside down like a bat among his vines in the daytime, is this normal?
Hope to hear from you xx

Gutloading:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/75-feeder-nutrition-gutloading.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...just-crickets-roaches-gutload-everything.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/575-january-2012-dry-gutload-recipe.html
Supplementing:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/174-whats-supplements-brand.html
Upside down isnt uncommon or concerning, so long as it isnt most of the time - they should be right way up most of the time

And nutrobol isn't recommended for chameleons....l

I disagree. There is nothing wrong with Nutrobol for chameleons, when used appropriately (which, depending on the situation, might be two or three times monthly). See the links above re supplements.

 

[Kate]

Thaks sandra. I have been holding my breath thinking nutrabal was wrong.

 

[myma81]

Thank you all for some good information.

 

[chameleonkev]

Really? People keep telling me not to use nutrobol! I've got tubs of this stuff from when I kept beardies and thought I couldn't use it, damm all of you!! Lol

 

[sandrachameleon]

Really? People keep telling me not to use nutrobol! I've got tubs of this stuff from when I kept beardies and thought I couldn't use it, damm all of you!! Lol

Did anyone say WHY not to use it? I might be able to speak to their concerns, perhaps reduce or mitigate those concerns

 

[myma81]

I am now using Calci-Dust daily and Nutrobol fortnightly. Thanks Sandra.