Male veiled shedding twice in less than a month?

[OrianaB]

I got a male veiled from someone else, my estimate is that he's about two years old. I moved hin to a new enclosure in October and got all the lighting and basking area properly set up. I believe his growth was stunted because he's very small (about 5 inches from nose to vent) and I've been feeding him more meal worms than crickets because his legs looked thin. in late November he had his first full body shed while under my care. Today he is having another shed and it's happening very quickly. His limbs do look thicker so I guess the worms are working. Is it okay for him to be shedding this much though? At his age?

 

[pssh]

I had a couple of adults who were rather small and thin who also shed several times in a row (3-4 weeks apart or so) once I got them and fed them properly. As far as I know, it just means they are growing after being housed/fed improperly for a while.

I wouldn't feed extra mealworms though. They are high in fat, but you want the chameleon to gain weight from good, nutritious foods for the most part. Just use them as treats and feed better foods regularly (crickets, roaches, silk/hornworms, butterworms, a few supers, etc.) Plus, mealworms can be hard to digest because of the chitin in them.