Is she alright?

[cham girl]

I bet you have cool and different bugs there

 

[Serbianchameleon]

Can you get any more active roach species?

I can get red runner roaches but i dont know how will she catch them even if they are in the cup.

 

[Serbianchameleon]

my first chameleon was a fighter too, she tried pulling through with egg binding and lasted a while. Hopefully they are ok but i really dont know whats wrong

Yeah the real problem is nobody know exactly why is she acting like this

 

[Serbianchameleon]

I bet you have cool and different bugs there

I can get only dubias, red runner roaches, superworms and crickets here

 

[CBee7726]

Yeah the real problem is nobody know exactly why is she acting like this

Can she see the male from her enclosure?
My cham would get upset if I was wearing certain colors, like red. Try wearing different colors, or try observing her from a place where she can't see you to see if something changes perhaps?

 

[jamest0o0]

I can get red runner roaches but i dont know how will she catch them even if they are in the cup.

Red runners are perfect cricket replacement. I cup feed them all the time. Sorry I dont know the whole situation of what's going on, not much time to read ATM

 

[Serbianchameleon]

Can she see the male from her enclosure?
My cham would get upset if I was wearing certain colors, like red. Try wearing different colors, or try observing her from a place where she can't see you to see if something changes perhaps?

Im usually never wearing red color. And she cant see the males.. I will try that about her not seeing me all day but when my new enclosure comes. Thank you!

 

[Serbianchameleon]

Red runners are perfect cricket replacement. I cup feed them all the time. Sorry I dont know the whole situation of what's going on, not much time to read ATM

No problem, thank you.

 

[ERKleRose]

no don't do this they die so quick as it is

They won’t die if you just break off their biggest hopping legs at the back

 

[ERKleRose]

I can get red runner roaches but i dont know how will she catch them even if they are in the cup.

My first chameleon came to me with MBD from the breeder. He could never use his tongue and loved and ate red runners for his whole life. He’s also the one I had to pull off cricket legs for

 

[Serbianchameleon]

My first chameleon came to me with MBD from the breeder. He could never use his tongue and loved and ate red runners for his whole life. He’s also the one I had to pull off cricket legs for

So should i break their back legs in half or just get them of in one part? Because u said break i dont know do i break them or amputate them?

 

[Crossingtami]

Yeah but she wont eat dubias anymore and crickets are going to jump out.. Maybe if i pull out their legs but i dont know if they will die because of that. @jamest0o0 ?

I used to take the back legs off with tweezers when my cham was little just to make sure he could catch them.

 

[Crossingtami]

So should i break their back legs in half or just get them of in one part? Because u said break i dont know do i break them or amputate them?

I used tweezers and pulled the back legs off. Some might say it is cruel, but they are getting eaten so I don't feel that its cruel.

 

[ERKleRose]

So should i break their back legs in half or just get them of in one part? Because u said break i dont know do i break them or amputate them?

Either one works. When I’ve pulled them off completely, sometimes guts would come out and the cricket would die quicker. It just depends which one is easier for you and how quick it takes for your girl to eat them

 

[cham girl]

omg i feel so guilty tho

 

[ERKleRose]

omg i feel so guilty tho

Honestly, I hate crickets and they freak me out, so it doesn’t bother me. If I had to do that to a silkworm moth, completely other question!

 

[cham girl]

move it back and forth and if she sticks her tough out a little stick it to her tongue

 

[Crossingtami]

Honestly, I hate crickets and they freak me out, so it doesn’t bother me. If I had to do that to a silkworm moth, completely other question!

I had a total phobia of crickets and grasshoppers until I got my beardy and cham! Oh, the things we do for our babies!

 

[cham girl]

true true feeding live things to other things ...still feel guilty

 

[coastal_chameleon]

true true feeding live things to other things ...still feel guilty

that's why I stopped keeping snakes I felt terrible feeding pinkies (dead or alive)
I bought some live to feed and I got home and I couldn't do it so I hand feed them till they ate on their own .