Variety for a baby veiled

[Dylan Dutz]

I have a veiled that is around 1 and a half months old now. I have fed him small crickets ever since I got him, without a problem. My question is, can I feed him anything else now, or should I stay with the crickets. And when can I feed him anything else if he's to young right now?

 

[Brad Ramsey]

You're fine with the crickets.
You could give him a waxworm as a treat 2 or 3 times a week.
I used to do that for Kitty when he was a baby ... I was so careful about it then ... I'd probably be a lot more generous with them for babies now.

-Brad

 

[Dylan Dutz]

OK thanks Brad. I know you shouldn't feed the babies mealworms because of the hard exoskeleton, but can the adults eat them, do they like them even? And congrats on top poster Except it doesn't say it on the home page yet.

 

[Brad Ramsey]

OK thanks Brad. I know you shouldn't feed the babies mealworms because of the hard exoskeleton, but can the adults eat them, do they like them even? And congrats on top poster Except it doesn't say it on the home page yet.

I wouldn't feed mealworms ... I do like the superworms tho!

-Brad

What? Top poster? Me? Is it really Me? What do I win?

-B.

 

[Nicodemayo]

When i got my female veiled, i fed her small crickets, and small mealworms that had JUST shed their exoskeleton. The mealworms were gut loaded on apple core i didnt eat haha. Shes gotten huge and thriving and very active cham so it didnt seem to hurt her!

 

[Lancecham]

I usually wait until the veiled is about 6 to 7 inches before introducing meal/superworms. It is basically due to the hard exoskeleton of the worms.

 

[dodolah]

you can feed him house flies.
chameleon goes nut over them..
just make sure it's not Wild caught flies as they harbor diseases.

buy the pupa online
gut load with this recipe:

organic baby cereal
2 half boiled egg
honey
2 spoon of organic yogurt (original taste)
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blender them real smooth.

once you feed the flies (about 2 hours or 3), their tummy will be fat and whitish yellow in color.
they are ready to be fed.

 

[Justin Carl]

phoenix worms are a great option too.
they dont need any dusting.

 

[PardalisGirl]

Other choices.....

It's much easier to give young chams choices than it is adults.....so many small sized foods available. Phoenix worms are great. Small silkworms are good too. I got frustrated with trying to grow a batch up to a size large enough to feed anything else so I feed them out to two groups of hatchlings. It was pretty funny watching them see and eat the silkworms for the first time. They got all puffed up and looked like they were prepared to do battle with the undulating silkworm. Once they got brave enough to eat that first one they would eagerly gooble up any others I fed them. I do the house fly cultures too. I buy them from Liddy at Kammerflage. I feed the same basic recipe given except I add organic bee pollen. Store most of the fly pupae in the fridge to slow hatching. Just keep a small group at room temp. Otherwise you will end up with too many hatching at once (my mistake). I got the flies originally for my Kinyongia Uthmoelleri pair but found the baby panther chams love them too.