This is enough right?

justjumpit621

justjumpit621

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For Leo's meals I give him about 5 crickets and a medium sized dubia every other day, do you think that is enough food? He also gets some fresh fruits and veggies when available. If I was feeding just dubia's how many should I give?

And off topic question sort of. I have a colony starting, and they are all in one tube. Is it okay to shake out the tube to count them or will this hurt any little babies if there are any? I started with 25 and fed off 2 or 3.
 
how old is your cham? Looks like a veiled? Male or female? Sounds like enough if your cham is a female over six months of age.
 
Male about 1 year. To have a sense of how big the Dubia is he almost had a hard time eating it. It was the right size it just flattened out when he crunched on it and I don't think he even knew what it was it just looked good.
 
i wouldnt feed anymore of your colony off yet due to 25 being a small colony to start with. I just started mine last week with about 35 and am expecting it to take a long time before i can feed off of it. I would like to get more so i can feed off it faster. As far as hurting any roaches i dont think you will as they are roaches and they are quite hardy. Are you feeding any worms?
 
No no worms, I worry about impaction too much. He likes his crickets though. I received the roaches a couple months ago and they sent 25 so I don't know how many are there now.
 
supposedly, impaction is only an issue with mealworms, as far as worms go. I think even then you'd have to be feeding a LOT of them for that to happen.
 
I think crix smell far worse than worms, lol! I keep mealies for my glider and the chams love the newly moulted white ones but they only get them every so often as a treat when I buy a new batch. Have you tried silkworms or hornworms? Both are really soft bodied so won't cause impaction. Tommy loves his silkworms - in fact they are the only thing other than locusts that he really likes! Poor boy was only fed locusts before he came to live with me - I've only managed to get him to eat one cricket so far, fussy l'il man he is, lol!:rolleyes:
 
ya i would definately suggest silk worms as they are super nutritious and non stinky soft bodied as well as the occasional butterworm that are also non stinky and soft and high in calcium. I would like to try hornworms but they are hard to find in Canada.
 
ghettomike said:
ya i would definately suggest silk worms as they are super nutritious and non stinky soft bodied as well as the occasional butterworm that are also non stinky and soft and high in calcium. I would like to try hornworms but they are hard to find in Canada.
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At least you can get them occasionally in Canada - hornworms are illegal in the UK, which is a pain in the bum, as they are always highly recommended as a good feeder!
 
He needs a variety of feeders. Silkworms are excellent feeders. I would give him 6 to 8 feeders, depending on the size, every other day for a while.
 
Yeah, I am going to harvest some hornworms from my mom's garden once they pop up and feed them some good gutload for a couple weeks or as long as it takes for the tomato plant to leave their systems. I have tried two waxworms but he wouldn't eat them. It is hard to find many feeders around here especially since we are just getting over the cold. But soon I should be able to get all sorts of bugs :D
 
butterworms are a must, so are mantids, and impaction takes a diet of nothing but mealworms i feed my 6 month veiled 1 medium sized superworm everyday
 
justjumpit621 said:
Yeah, I am going to harvest some hornworms from my mom's garden once they pop up and feed them some good gutload for a couple weeks or as long as it takes for the tomato plant to leave their systems. I have tried two waxworms but he wouldn't eat them. It is hard to find many feeders around here especially since we are just getting over the cold. But soon I should be able to get all sorts of bugs :D
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I know this is a bit late and I hope you haven't done it yet, but WC hornworms are baddd. They eat tomato plants and it can make it dangerous to feed to a chameleon. Maybe you could feed them chow for a little while.
 
Rocky said:
I know this is a bit late and I hope you haven't done it yet, but WC hornworms are baddd. They eat tomato plants and it can make it dangerous to feed to a chameleon. Maybe you could feed them chow for a little while.
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That was the plan :p I know all about those nasty buggers, my mom is a gardener. I plan to do that with all of the wild caught insects I find, you never know what they could have gotten into.
 
From what I have gathered, once they eat the tomato plant to just not feed them off at all... Why not gather some eggs and raise them from eggs?
 
I was looking on a caterpillar forum and people said they find them on the bottom of leaves. :) they are the same color as the worms (that nice green color.)
 
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