Simple supliment schedule

[ZippiesPal]

I am within a couple weeks of bringing home a 6 month old Male Panther Ambilobe chameleon.

I plan to mostly feed crickets, but will probably throww in some variety in the form of other acceptable insects listed on this forum.

I am not sure HOW MANY crickets to feed every day. I will try to use a cup, rather than free-range the crickets (free-ranging gives my sweety the willies).

I have bought four products for supliments.
(1) Miner-All, Outdoor, Calcium/Mineral suppliment (no D-3)
(2) Rep-cal, Calcium (No D-3, and No Phosphorous)
(3) Miner-All, Indoor, Calcium/Mineral suppliment (with D-3)
(4) Rep-cal, Herptivite (with Beta Carotine)

I have all of this in another post, but it was not in the Food & feeding section.

I understand that the D-3 calcium(3) should be given on a less frequent basis. It seems like just once a week(3) is good enough.
It also seems like he should get some kind of D-3 free calcium every day((1) or (2)?). Which is best, or are they the same?
I guess the vitamins(4) are a once a week thing too, maybe in combo with the D-3 calcium(3). Maybe these could be on different days, like (4) on Saturdays and (3) on Sundays.

Would he get these suppliments with every meal, or is just once a day enough? I imagine TOO much could be a bad thing !!

Instead of writing out the whole product name, i just put in the number to signify the product. Instead of saying, "should I give him Miner-All, Outdoor, Calcium/Mineral suppliment, (no D-3)?", it would be "should I give him (1)"

 

[pssh]

I responded to your other post in thompson's thread. Was that not satisfactory enough to you? I even broke it down into days. Did you see it?

EDIT:

You can use either calcium without d3. That schedule is somethig I made specifically for you, I doubt anyone else will do that in a thread, or at least I haven't seen anyone do it but me.

Week one:
mon: calcium without d3
tues: calcium without d3
wed: calcium without d3
thurs: calcium without d3
fri: calcium without d3
sat: nothing
sun: calcium with d3

week two:
mon: calcium without d3
tues: calcium without d3
wed: calcium without d3
thurs: calcium without d3
fri: none
sat: calcium with d3
sun: vitamins

week three:
same as week one

week four:
mon: calcium without d3
tues: calcium without d3
wed: calcium without d3
thurs: calcium without d3
fri: none
sat: calcium with d3
sun: none

 

[sandrachameleon]

Please do feed your panther more than just crickets. A varied diet is a very good thing.
Here's a list of some of the many options: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html

5-10 a day while he's growing. Less as he gets towards a year old.

You might like to read this blog entry re supplementing:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html

That way you can determine the best supplementation schedule for your particular situation.

But generally speaking, what pssh has told you looks like a decent plan.

 

[ZippiesPal]

No, Pssh, yours was great.

Im sorry if I have given the impression that Pssh wasnt helpful.

I just wanted to properly place this post.

I have written the schedule out and labled the cans/jars appropriatly.

Thank you for for your readiness to help. It must be a lot of work, to be answering questions all day. I have been on here a lot and you have never ignored my request for help or information.