How much to feed

[Dumzy]

How many crickets should i feed a baby veiled? Hes eating about 10 - 20 everyday. And if i were to feed silkworms, how many of those should i feed? Cause im only getting 25 for $7, and im sure they will eat over 25 in just two days.

 

[Eric_Teo]

How many crickets should i feed a baby veiled? Hes eating about 10 - 20 everyday. And if i were to feed silkworms, how many of those should i feed? Cause im only getting 25 for $7, and im sure they will eat over 25 in just two days.

How big is your chameleon and how big are the crickets? I'd feed him as much as he wants (mine used to eat 10-15 as a baby) so 20 sounds good. Oh, and that was with 1/4 inch crickets.

 

[Dumzy]

How big is your chameleon and how big are the crickets? I'd feed him as much as he wants (mine used to eat 10-15 as a baby) so 20 sounds good. Oh, and that was with 1/4 inch crickets.

Im going to start him on half inch crickets tommorow, hes about 4 and a half inches from head to vent. About 7 inches counting the tail. Hes about 5 months old.

 

[Eric_Teo]

Im going to start him on half inch crickets tommorow, hes about 4 and a half inches from head to vent. About 7 inches counting the tail. Hes about 5 months old.

Here's some information I loosely followed with my veiled: (attached photo)

And generally with silkworms I would use the same quantities as in crickets, but I didn't use them very often so that isn't exactly concrete advice

 

[alphakenc]

For a 5month veiled cham,I will highly recommend eat as much as he need with the size of the cricket no bigger in between the width of his head now.

 

[Dumzy]

For a 5month veiled cham,I will highly recommend eat as much as he need with the size of the cricket no bigger in between the width of his head now.

The space inbetween is eyes is just over 1/4, but under 1/2, i would suppose half inch crickets are fine? Maybe start with 3/8?

 

[alphakenc]

The space inbetween is eyes is just over 1/4, but under 1/2, i would suppose half inch crickets are fine? Maybe start with 3/8?

3/8 should be fine,just observed,if its easy for her,if not always go small to be sure,but I think ur cham can handle it,since 3/8 crickets are still soft unlike the adult crickets with hard legs.

 

[Rayzilla]

For a 5month veiled cham,I will highly recommend eat as much as he need with the size of the cricket no bigger in between the width of his head now.

I have a question regarding this rule and how to measure the size of the insects, let's take crickets for example. Is it the width or the length of the cricket? And do you apply this same rule to other insects that tend to be ong and narrow such as meal worms, silk worms, horn worms, etc?

 

[Decadancin]

I have a question regarding this rule and how to measure the size of the insects, let's take crickets for example. Is it the width or the length of the cricket? And do you apply this same rule to other insects that tend to be ong and narrow such as meal worms, silk worms, horn worms, etc?

The width. The length does not matter as much due to the way they capture the prey (generally head first).

 

[Rayzilla]

That's what I thought. Especially since it would be rare to find horn worms in length to be shorter than a cham's eye distance. Thanks.

 

[Remkon]

That's what I thought. Especially since it would be rare to find horn worms in length to be shorter than a cham's eye distance. Thanks.

Unless you have scissors ...

 

[alphakenc]

Usually if the feeders is too big for the baby chams,they will just spit it right out n wipe it on a branch,the soft body worm are easier for them to chew on as long is not too big for the cham in the first place.
Also mealworm is considered a junk food for ur cham,silky is a much better choice.