Meal process and crickets!

[Cal's Momma]

Hello,
I'm brand new to this forum & I received my first Veiled Chameleon, Cal, as a gift the beginning of December. He's doing great and is a very happy little boy but I'm still trying to figure out his meal process. When do you guys feed your Chameleons? How many times a day? Is any other bug better than crickets? (He won't eat worms) I'm currently gut loading crickets, how many should I buy PER WEEK? How many crickets should he be eating per day? Are crickets their favorite food? (I sprinkle calcium on all his crickets and he also gets his multivitamin on them too once a week)
I'd appreciate any positive feedback you can give me, thanks guys!!

 

[Andee]

How old is he? How much he eats all depends on how old he is and if he is actually a male. Most people only feed chameleons once a day, or they sometimes feed different feeders in stages. What other feeders have you offered? There are at least 10 easily accessible to people in the United States, commercial feeders available.

 

[rminnis]

Multivitamins are only needed a few times a month i believe but it all depends on how old they are.

 

[rminnis]

The more feeders the happier he will be usually they love soft worms and its a struggle to get them to eat crickets or roaches when they get older and exposed to more food but all chams are different I suppose. Their food should be at least 3-5 different feeders at least. My favorites are banded crickets, dubai roaches, silkworms, hornworms, superworms, butterworms. There really are lots though. Superworms are a really easy one for a beginner and cheap. If ordering online food I suggest rainbowmealworms.com they are awesome every time but they do ship out of California so east coasters or other may not be so quick.

 

[Andee]

It depends on the type of mutilvitamin they are using. I use a all in one dusting powder that I use several times a week that would be considered a multivitamin, and when I am not using it I use plain calcium.

In my personal experience I haven't found it harder to feed chams certain feeders the more they are exposed to. I in fact find it easier to keep them from going on strikes. But I know I honestly have a huge amount of feeders at my disposal that most people don't.