How many feeders do you offer?

[Longhorn1234]

Hello everyone,

How many different feeders do you offer your chameleon each week? Just wondering about everyone's personal experience. Thanks!

 

[OrangeJuice]

i offer hornworms, superworms, and dubia roaches. Every two weeks or so I put in some soldier fly larvae or crickets, maybe some waxworms as a treat

 

[jamest0o0]

I'm between 6-10 a week

 

[Andee]

I offer 6 feeders a week but have 10+ in my rotation regularly. I will soon have close to an overall 15 in the coming few weeks.

 

[Longhorn1234]

i offer hornworms, superworms, and dubia roaches. Every two weeks or so I put in some soldier fly larvae or crickets, maybe some waxworms as a treat

Do you buy all of these feeders or breed some of them?

 

[Longhorn1234]

I'm between 6-10 a week

That's great, your chameleon must love the variety! Do you mind sharing what feeders you use?

 

[Longhorn1234]

I offer 6 feeders a week but have 10+ in my rotation regularly. I will soon have close to an overall 15 in the coming few weeks.

That's impressive! What feeders do you have in your roration?

 

[ZacharyLeesWife]

I keep about 12 in rotation, but the adults only eat every other day. I give them a different feeder at every feeding. The babies always have access to food, but I only have about 6 feeders that are small enough for them.

 

[Whyte Monkee]

I keep about 12 in rotation, but the adults only eat every other day. I give them a different feeder at every feeding. The babies always have access to food, but I only have about 6 feeders that are small enough for them.

@ZacharyLeesWife

I am getting a male panther juvy soon, I would love to hear about how you feed!

Any chance you could provide a list of the feeders you have, along with their scientific names?

Also, are you breeding your own colonies, if so which ones?

 

[jamest0o0]

Hey I'll make a list in a minute for you, I'm actually going to be adding some more soon for my yl parsonii

 

[jannb]

I have at least 5 different feeders to rotate at all times. My chameleons are all adults and I feed them three times a week.

 

[jamest0o0]

I use:
Banded crickets
Dubia
Orange heads
Halloween hisser (working on colony)
Butterworms
Hornworms and moths
Silkworms
Waxworms RARE treat and feed off the moths
Superworms 1x a week treat
Black soldier fly larvae and soldier flies
Blue bottleflies
Adding discoids
Adding snails
Adding giant banana roaches
Adding katydids and locusts if I can catch some
Sticks and mantids when available

 

[Whyte Monkee]

I use:
Banded crickets
Dubia
Orange heads
Halloween hisser (working on colony)
Butterworms
Hornworms and moths
Silkworms
Waxworms RARE treat and feed off the moths
Superworms 1x a week treat
Black soldier fly larvae and soldier flies
Blue bottleflies
Adding discoids
Adding snails
Adding giant banana roaches
Adding katydids and locusts if I can catch some
Sticks and mantids when available

@jamest0o0


Are you purchasing all of those?

Or do you have colonies of some?

 

[spacecats1001]

I have at least 5 different feeders to rotate at all times. My chameleons are all adults and I feed them three times a week.

Jannb....can I ask you how you supplement for adults that do not eat every day?

 

[jamest0o0]

@spacecats1001 I know you asked Jan, but to answer that. If you have panther or veiled, just do plain calcium lightly on days that you do feed. And once a week get either your multivitamin or d3 in on a feeding day. I usually use superworms for this because they readily accept them.

 

[jamest0o0]

@Whyte Monkee the roaches I have colonies, the crickets, silks, and other worms I order about 1-2x a month. I also have a giant canyon isopods colony. Basically anything that can be kept as a low maintenance colony I do, otherwise I order and just keep them long term until I run out. When I started all these feeders seemed intimidating, but you ease into it and it becomes simple.

 

[jannb]

Jannb....can I ask you how you supplement for adults that do not eat every day?

Here in the Florida Keys my guys get outside time almost everyday and my vet recommends no supplements at all. The reptile specialist that I use says with the outside time, the gutloading and variety of feeders that they do not need supplements. He sees allot of reptile that have been over supplemented and it's calcifying their organs.

 

[spacecats1001]

Here in the Florida Keys my guys get outside time almost everyday and my vet recommends no supplements at all. The reptile specialist that I use says with the outside time, the gutloading and variety of feeders that they do not need supplements. He sees allot of reptile that have been over supplemented and it's calcifying their organs.

Good to know! I will probably cut back then....it's just scary to know, under doing it, over doing it...ugh. It's too hot to get him out right now so I will probably keep up with the D3 for sure...but cut back on the vits. Thank you!

 

[spacecats1001]

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@spacecats1001 I know you asked Jan, but to answer that. If you have panther or veiled, just do plain calcium lightly on days that you do feed. And once a week get either your multivitamin or d3 in on a feeding day. I usually use superworms for this because they readily accept them.

Thank you for your response.

OK, didn't mean to hijack a thread....retracting back into the shadows now

 

[Andee]

That's impressive! What feeders do you have in your roration?

Currently I have-
Dubias
Super Worms
Wax Worms
Wax Moths
Silk worms
Silk Moths
Buffalo Mealworms (which is a cleaner for me)
Giant Canyon Isopods
BSFL (which I currently buy but plan to raise)
BSF
Hornworms (these are those rare ones I don't have regularly)

Currently that's it, I raise all but the last three. I include different stages of growth because they offer different nutrition levels and different feeding opportunities.