how much to feed.

repsol153

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Chameleon Info:
Your Chameleon -2 month old male veiled. been in my care 1
week now.
Handling - maybe 5-10 min every other day, until he gets a
little older.
Feeding - mostly crickets, he has eating a few small
mealworms. about 6 in the morning, and 6 in the late afternoon.
carrots, celery, lettuce, and flickers cricket quencher.
Supplements - repashy superfoods calcium plus
ICB(http://www.reptmart.com/p-2480-calcium-plus-icb-for-sale.aspx).
dust the feeders every feeding.
Watering - right now i am just misting until i get a dripper. i
mist 3 times a day for about 3 min each. i see him drinking almost every
time.
Fecal Description - has not been tested, but it all looks normal.
black with white sometimes.
History - purchased him from FL Chams.


Cage Info:
Cage Type - 2'-2'-3' built wooden screen cages.
Lighting - 7 a.m. turn on reptisun 5.0. and zoo med 75W basking
spot lamp. At 7-8 p.m. i turn off the lights.
Temperature - the floor is around 65-75 degrees. the basking
spot fluctuates from 80-90 degrees. lowest over night temps are 65
degrees. i have a digital thermometer with line out to sensor.
Humidity - humidity is usually around 30-40. after i mist it rises
to around 60 for about 30 min. there is a medium sized hibiscus in the
cage right now. looking to add another plant soon. i measure with a
humidity gauge.
Plants - 1 medium sized hibiscus. looking to add another live
plant soon.
Placement - the cage is in my room. so very low traffic area. it
is up off the floor about 1'6". there is a ceiling fan. but usually never
on.
Location - new hampshire, U.S.

Current Problem - ok so i have looked around alot. and have gotten many different answers. there is nothing wrong with my cham. i just want to make sure i am doing everything i can to make him comfortable, in order for him to grow strong and healthy. the question is. am i feeding him enough. and also i am currently only dusting the feeders with that one vitamin supplement every feeding. is that to much, or to little. or should i be using something else. i appreciate any help and advise you guys give. thanks.
 
i think you need to try and get the humidity up and be carefull with basking temps 90 can be a bit too hot for a baby.
you want to be dusting with plain ole calcium no d3 at almost every feeding and giving a calcium with d3 once or twice a month as well as a multivite once or twice a month.
as for feeding 12 crickets a day is probubly good, some members suggest giving younger chams alll thety can eat in about 5min twice a day.
 
I would bump up the amount of crickets. He could eat 15-20 probably easily. Only use a mulitvitamin a couple of times a month. Get a plain calcium to dust your feeders with. Also, get a calcium with d3 and use that a couple of times a month. Don't use lettuce in your gutload. It has very little nutritional value. Use dark greens, like kale, mustard greens, collard greens, romaine etc. Everything else looks good, maybe lower the basking temp down about 5-7 degrees.
 
I would bump up the amount of crickets. He could eat 15-20 probably easily. Only use a mulitvitamin a couple of times a month. Get a plain calcium to dust your feeders with. Also, get a calcium with d3 and use that a couple of times a month. Don't use lettuce in your gutload. It has very little nutritional value. Use dark greens, like kale, mustard greens, collard greens, romaine etc. Everything else looks good, maybe lower the basking temp down about 5-7 degrees.

thank you. good thing you told me about the lettuce. cuz i was just about to throw some in the cricket cage.
 
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