Supplement Line- Up Advice For 6 Month Cham?

[yokazooma]

right now i have rep-cal herptivite and sticky tongue miner-all (i) with d3. also, i gutload my crickets with total bites nutrition. (little green cube things)

i've been hearing different things and not sure how much i should be using of each for my male veiled.

i've been doing herp once a week and thinking of doing the miner-all twice a week. that being said, i'm also wondering how many crickets i'm actually supposed to be dusting when i feed my cham. he eats about 12-15 medium crix a day

 

[sandrachameleon]

You might (or your cham might) be better off using a better gutload.

The dry portion of a gutload can include (blend with a coffee grinder or food processor): quality whole grain cereal (Im currently using Kashi); spirulina; bee pollen; alfalfa; organic raw sunflower seeds; dried seaweed/kelp/dulse; oats; oak leaves; powered egg; ground almonds; ground brazil nuts; wheat germ; hemp seed; fig powder; high quality monkey chow

A wet gutload (switch it up with a different couple of items every other day or so) can frequently includes things like: dandelion leaves, squash, carrot, yam, orange, mustard greens, pomegranet, collard greens, kale, romaine, apple, peas, blueberries, raspberries, alfalfa sprouts, sunflower sprouts, ... (avoid broccoli and spinach).

Bug nutrition http://www.chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=92
Bug nutrition https://www.chameleonforums.com/nutritional-analysis-2522/#post171073
Gutloading http://chameleonnews.com/?page=article&id=101
Gutloading http://www.screameleons.com/site/3602/default.aspx
Gutloading https://www.chameleonforums.com/gutloading-tips-new-owner-15262/
Gutloading https://www.chameleonforums.com/gutloading-recipes-1803/
general http://www.chameleonsonline.com/feeding.php
Nutrition values produce search http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
Nutrition values (scrolldown) of feeders, fruit, veggies http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html
Nutrition values http://chamownersweb.net/insects/nutritional_values.htm

...i've been doing herp once a week and thinking of doing the miner-all twice a week. that being said, i'm also wondering how many crickets i'm actually supposed to be dusting when i feed my cham. he eats about 12-15 medium crix a day

Herptivite once a week or once every other week is fine - more important to concentrate on gutloading.
Most crickets should be LIGHTLY dusted with plain calcium.
MinerAll-I once or twice a week is fine. I use a different brand with more D3 in it, so I only dust with D3 about twice a month. If your chameleon spends time outdoors in real sunlight, you wont need to dust with D3 as often as you would if the chameleon is primarily indoors (like mine).

Supplements Info: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html

Do you give him anything other that Crickets? If not, consider doing so. I personally feel that a variety of prey is good for them - and potentially allows you to provide a wider range of natural source vits and minerals.