pinkies

[mary prefontaine]

i havt seen much about feeding the panthers pinkie mice any one ever heard of such a thing?

 

[tru510]

I seen my friends cham eat one before

 

[joefarah]

I used to feed my large female F. pardalis the occaisional pinky. Curiously some chams seem to like them and others are not interested at all. This has been my experience with veileds and panthers.

 

[Dean Pulcini]

My WC Blue faly eats them nobody else will.

 

[mary prefontaine]

hmm interesting i may got to the pet shop one day and try it, if he doesnt eat it ill just have me a new pet lol

 

[Justin Carl]

Your chameleon could be a little young to eat a pinkie.

 

[BocaJan]

My Arnold, a veiled, loves them! I was told to not give him them too often since they are not their regular diet, so I only give him one every couple of weeks or so. Actually, when I buy my corn snake a mouse. The first couple of times I didn't give him any crickets the same day so I could watch his poop to make sure nothing bad happened, but other then a good sized poop, the pinkie came right through.

Arnold is a meat man. I absolutely can not get him to eat fruit or veggies. He locks his mouth up tight and scouls at me. Oh well, I gut load the crickets.

 

[JoshCrane1]

i fed my previous chamy a pinky once, he didnt like it; never ate one again.

 

[mczoo]

are you feeding live pinckies or frozen ones?

Thanks

Sean

PS not on the menu at my reptile room anytime soon

 

[JoshCrane1]

LIVE pinkies, i dont think chameleons eat anything stationary.

 

[reyesjoshuacruz]

chameleons will eat stationary, will also drinking from standing water, its just super rare

(Dont flame me its true i have see both personally)

I used to feed my 2yr male pinkies every couple weeks, he went nuts over them. be sure to keep the pink for a couple days to hydrate and feed some fresh foods.

there is a video on youtube of a veiled eating a pink, a melleri too

 

[Lost Lake Chameleons]

That is from last night. It was a full size mouse.

 

[FaunaBgirl]

Mice drink milk. Milk and reptiles do not mix. It's not the "shot in the arm" of calcium that you might think. Older mice like the one in the picture, doesn't drink milk anymore, so....
wicked picture.
I'll be trying button quail next week sometime, when they hatch.
Hey... did you dust that mouse? lol

 

[Vibrant Chameleons]

I've tried pinkies before with my WC Adults and only 1 would eat them. I haven't bothered to try again. I would feed them sparingly if you do decide to give them a try.

 

[kinyonga]

BocaJan said..."the pinkie came right through'...was it digested or did it still look pretty much whole?

 

[leolover]

Wow, Im surprised at this thread!! I cant imagine that they would be able to eat a pinky mouse... I have a 6 month old panther cham... do you think he would be able to eat one.. Im curious to try it out.... Not to steal this thread.. just wondering.

 

[JoshCrane1]

mine as well have the chammy guard the house at night!!

 

[BocaJan]

Foods gotta move! Warm and juicy and wiggling. LOL

 

[JoshCrane1]

and who knows, maybe one day we will be feed our chamys button quails.lol

 

[mary prefontaine]

ph o wpuldnt go out right now and get one this is for future reference