Mealworms/Beatles
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sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
yes you can (though not all chameleons like them)
gutload the beetles
limit to less than 20% of the total diet.
KiloTheChameleon
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the 'beatles' are the super worms right???? or do they turn into something else hehe im new to this so just asking questions. In my crickets I found a little baby cricket (dead) it was the size of like 1-2 cm i have no idea how, i bought 50 crickets i hope that wasnt one! haha thanks pet co.
Hah, the beetles (Not the band Beatles
) are just that, beetles. Superworms are a whole different species, and they turn into beetles too. (BIG beetles, lol)Egg > Mealworm > Pupae > Beetle (And so on)
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
in plastic and ceramic containers/bowls, with this in it:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/443-superworm-substrate-gutload-one.html
room temp so that they can be gutloaded to the extent possible.
I am also breeding them so dont care about some turning into beetles.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/443-superworm-substrate-gutload-one.html
room temp so that they can be gutloaded to the extent possible.
I am also breeding them so dont care about some turning into beetles.
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
chameleons are perfectly capable of eating "hard" shelled feeders, like beetles, snails etc. It is not a problem for them at all, so long as this type of food doest form the majority of the diet.
am so glad I found this thread, I have offered meal worms before but was always so nervous to do that coz of everything I read about chitin but sometimes I cant get to the store b4 they close to get crickets and sometimes they will not eat the roaches and well.. I have to offer something! Not that I am thinking about offering the beetles I heard they were bitter but just makes me feel a little better about the worms.
Sandra,where are you getting kelp,dandelion and organic coconut? Health food store? I have found everything else but those items!
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
Sandra,where are you getting kelp,dandelion and organic coconut? Health food store? I have found everything else but those items!
Dandelion is a weed that grows year round in my vegetable garden
Its a very nutritious plant, easy to grow in a moderate climate. Some places sell it in grocery stores, near the other salad greens like the lettuce.
Kelp powder I get at a bulk feed store that supplies for goat, sheep, chickens, horses, etc. You might also find it at garden centres, since it makes a good soil aditive too. Im also able to get it direct from a harvester on the island where I live. Health food stores would sell it, but you'd pay way too much.
Coconut I buy in a bag from the local Safeway / Sobey / Thrifties - whatever grocery store Im in.
Dandelion is a weed that grows year round in my vegetable garden
Its a very nutritious plant, easy to grow in a moderate climate. Some places sell it in grocery stores, near the other salad greens like the lettuce.
Kelp powder I get at a bulk feed store that supplies for goat, sheep, chickens, horses, etc. You might also find it at garden centres, since it makes a good soil aditive too. Im also able to get it direct from a harvester on the island where I live. Health food stores would sell it, but you'd pay way too much.
Coconut I buy in a bag from the local Safeway / Sobey / Thrifties - whatever grocery store Im in.
Everyone up north has all those yummy nutritious greens known as WEEDS. Here in Florida we don't have anything but asiatic hawksbeard, lol.
EDIT: Forgot, we do have loads of purslane. How would this do as a gutload?
