How often to feed a 10 month?

[Pensfan7125]

My male veiled chameleon is probably around 9 months old now. I got him this past July and he was about 3 months old then. I am just wondering how often I should feed him, and how much to feed him. I've been mainly feeding him crickets with some mealworms occasionally.

 

[deadhd5]

5-8 crickets / mealworms every other day

 

[Pensfan7125]

Okay. Wow. I've been feeding him 7 in the morning and at night.
Thanks!

 

[deadhd5]

Okay. Wow. I've been feeding him 7 in the morning and at night.
Thanks!

No worries, he is right about the age where you want to transition to every other day feeding.

 

[archristiana]

probably should change up the menu on him to keep him happy, meal worms are not digested well and offer little nutrition. 10-15 well gut loaded crickets a day should be enough for a growing veiled, I'm sure he could eat more, i know its not the easiest task but getting ahold of some smaller hornworms, medium dubias, various mantids, and silk worms, and occasional superworms. Keeping a variety of healthy/gut loaded feeders is key for a happy healthy cham. Starting a dubia colony is not a bad idea if you want to have a unlimited supply of a staple feeder.

 

[archristiana]

deadhd5 is correct to switching to once everyother day

 

[deadhd5]

deadhd5 is correct to switching to once everyother day

archristiana is right about offering a variety of feeders

 

[jshaffer740]

I just started a colony of dubia's, and let me tell you - MUCH better to keep than crickets. Although I do still provide crickets (in addition to supers, silkies, horworms, the occasional meal worm, etc.), dubia's have now become about 40% of his diet. I would highly recommend trying to start a colony - you will never need to purchase them again as they breed and provide a constant source of feeders.

Okay, that was a little OT, but wanted to add