I've posted before when I first switched. He's an Ambanja, almost 5 months old and a slow grower. Well he doesn't eat them immediately like he did with the small/med. I haven't seen him eat one after the very first one I put in, but there looks to be less or none after I come back later. If so he's only eating 5-7 a day when he'd devour 12-14 before. Is that normal? Will he slowly adjust to eating more since they're much more food than he's used to?? Here's a pic to show his size, crickets ARE smaller than the width between his eyes. Any information, reassurance, etc would be awesome. Thanks!!
Help after switching to large crickets
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jannb
Chameleon Enthusiast
He is still a little small for full grown adult crickets. If it were me I would give him medium. Especially if he doesn't seam to be eating enough he might just be a little weary of the larger crickets for now.
I agree he looks small for large crickets. It's better to feed them a little to small than a little to big. Are you feeding anything besides crickets? What are you gut loading with? It's best to feed them a large variety of well Gutload crickets.
Well I it looks like he IS eating them but just does it slowly throughout the day. Looks well fed and he's moving around more with bright teal/green usually. Gonna stick with medium a little longer. I gut load with cricket feed, carrots and kale, and try to get any fresh veggies or fruit when I can. Only other source of food I can get is superworms but he won't eat them, out of hand or in a dish. Can't afford to order anything right now. Anyway, I think the problem was mainly that I covered a window to try and keep it warmer in the room. It darkened the room and he didn't like the change or he was confused on day and night. Thanks for the input, can't wait to stick to larger crickets! Those small ones are a pain and not very beneficial to him.
Knightcrawler
New Member
they say the width of he's head. cham get scared when there big. mines when i bought some the guy left me some big crickets i put one in there and my cham was scared and looked at me. than i left i came back and he was super black until i took the cricket out.
The Learned Lizard
New Member
Agree too small for adult crix, stick with small and mediums for now
Put your feeders into a feeder cup with a climbing surface. This will contain most of the feeders so you know better what he is eating. Most worms will be eaten if hung on the screen so they climb up toward him; it is all about movement.
Cricket gut load needs to be quality gut load, store bought is a poor choice; better choices are Cricket Crack, Bug Buffet, or home-made, see Sandra Chameleons blogs.
You should have a basking light and a long bulb UVA/UVB light on timers, otherwise the chameleon can't digest food, and will have weak bones, developing MBD. I mention this because covering your window will not affect your chameleon if you are set up correctly.
There is a form to fill out, and if you post it here, we can all help you get the husbandry right for your cham.
Raising chameleons is an ever learning adventure, enjoy the process.
CHEERS!
Nick
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