It it ok to...

[OrionMyChameleon]

give my chameleon Calcium W/O D3 at every feeding, Calcium with D3 twice a month, but not give my chameleon multivitamins?

 

[Rob G]

As long as you have a very good nutritious gutload for your feeders

 

[OrionMyChameleon]

What are some good gutloads?

 

[Rob G]

Some good ones would be kale, squash, mango, collard/mustard greens, dandelion greens, bee pollen, kelp, cricket crack, carrots,oranges, sweet potato. Others will chime in on this too

 

[VeiledChams]

Why would you not want to give the multivitamins?

 

[Lizardlover]

It all depends on the species. To be honest, I rarely use multivitamins but I have a good gutload.

 

[Elizadolots]

It does depend on the species. Some of the smaller ones don't benefit from vitamin supplements.

 

[drcrossfire]

Bug Booster

 

[DavidBuchan]

If you have a veiled or a panther though, why not have 3 tubs of powder instead of 2?
Multivit. is obviously the least important of the 3, and can be a bit unnecessary if you have good gutload, but is there any reason to miss out on it?
All I'm saying is you might as well cover all bases - Chams as well as people can live long healthy lives without taking vitamin pills, and I don't bother taking them myself, but since my chams are in captivity and it costs £4 for enough multivit to last a year........

 

[melric]

I'll be honest. I hardly ever give them multivitamins. Maybe once every other month. I do gutload very well though. Cricket crack; one of the best gutloads out there. Otherwise I probably would dust mulivitamins more often. No more than twice a month though.

 

[OrionMyChameleon]

is the gutload shown in the following video in the link fine to use?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlM9RaCBt_M

 

[gerhartrx]

Gutload

Try seperating the crix that you are going to feed your cham the night before and gutloading them with a mixture of dried baby food and mixed vegi wet food. This will keep them hydrated and the vitamins are high. Hope this helps.

 

[gerhartrx]

is the gutload shown in the following video in the link fine to use?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlM9RaCBt_M

That will work well. Remember to change up a bit on the flavors or you could end up having a cham hunger strike.

Take a look in the learn segment of this web site:
http://www.screameleons.com/portal/alias__Screameleons/lang__en-US/tabID__3382/DesktopDefault.aspx

They offer some good suggestions about changing gutload for crix and why.