Too many sperm plugs?

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First I would like to apologize for not being on here in a while. I do not have my own internet, so it makes it difficult to find time to use someone else's and to get on with my phone eats my data. That being said;

Piccolo has been doing great. He is still doing great, but it seems like every week he is shooting out sperm plugs! Is this a health issue? I think I read somewhere that it might be. And today he pooped a little while ago and it was pretty thick. About twice the width of his normal poo.

I follow all of the temperature, gradient, humidity, and supplements on the care sheets on this website. I'm on my phone so it is really hard to fill out the form. I have filled it out before and his enclosure is within the required ranges so please just trust me on that.

He is about 13 months old and has been in my care for 9 months.

He is being fed 10 crickets a day with me skipping a day occasionally.
His poo is normal according to the Poop 101 on this website (other than today's being thick same color and consistency though).
His urates do have a little orange, but it is not throughout the entire urate. I have not misted his enclosure yet so I suspect that is why. (I will be getting a rain system soon).
 
As long as the hemipenes pockets aren't inflammated and the plugs aren't stuck there often, I would not worry about sperm plugs. But I would definitely worry about your feeding amount, which is a lot too much for an adult chameleon. 10 full grown insects a week are really enough, too... Please take a look at this thread or this one to read about those problems overfeeding can lead to.
 
As long as the hemipenes pockets aren't inflammated and the plugs aren't stuck there often, I would not worry about sperm plugs. But I would definitely worry about your feeding amount, which is a lot too much for an adult chameleon. 10 full grown insects a week are really enough, too... Please take a look at this thread or this one to read about those problems overfeeding can lead to.

I was wondering about my feeding. The crickets are "large" from the store, but they really are not that big. They are nickel sized (not as round as a nickel obviously).
 
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