To cup feed or not

[xanthoman]

i think crickets have personalties, maybe not like chams, but definitely different demeanors, i think a hungry cricket that is poorly gutloaded, and comes from a fight for your life, your poorly housed enviroment , is a lot more likely to be aggressive, than a well fed, well housed, cricket, if you need to slow cricks down you can put them in the fridge for no longer than it takes for them to stop moving (less than 10 min.) a great trick for removing legs or injecting reptaid or even just water

 

[dodolah]

I would imagine the flies are a little more tricky to handle. They would probably escape from me before I can get the cage door shut and be flying all over my house. Would be fun to watch the Chams eat them though. I'll give it a try!

put the bottle of flies into the refrigerator for 50 seconds.
They will pass out from the cold. Quickly dump them into your cham cage. and close your cage door.
Once they warm up, the flies will wake up and fly around.

For cricket, pinch the thigh of the cricket and let them struggle. The crickets will instinctively drop their legs to run away.
For stubborn one, use scissor.

 

[xanthoman]

i wouldnt call my chams free range, but i dont have real doors on my cages, just kitchen trash bags and i also have a MASSIVE fake ficus right next to the cages, usually they stay in their cages, but sometimes, (usually when i forget to twist tie the lower corners) they make it to the ficus or window screen on their own.(window is always open,if its sunny they will usually head for the window screen , if its cloudy, they are more likely to end up in the ficus, initially this caused problems (after a day or two in the ficus, they werent happy in their cages , but they seem to have gotten past that now , they frequently return to the cages on there own (i know, the arraingement has its risks)

 

[Damaranum]

Contrary to the post above, Crickets can and will chew on sleeping chameleons; the chameleons need not be ill for this to happen. Its well documented. So while it may not happen often, it is a real risk easily avoided.

I think that's exactly what I posted. A healthy chameleon will not be chewed on. I've had thousends of chameleons and this has never happend to any of them.

I agree with the post where is stated that a well fed cricket is less of a thread then a hungry one. I never catch any food I throw in. The only thing to take care off is not to overfeed.

 

[Crazy Pet Lady]

Thanx. Many questions answered. Man, I love this forum. You guys ROCK!