Veiled Chameleon Weight.

[Weesmidge]

Hi, first time posting but just wanted to ask.

My Veiled Chameleon is 4-5 months old and i measured him at the start of the week he is 7.5 inches long including his tail. I weighted him tonight and he is 23g, is this underweight? He looks healthy, drinks, eats and poos normally.

He gets 6-8 crickets a day with a few mealworms dusted regularly with Calcium and dusted twice a month with calcium with d3 and multivits. He doesn't always eat all of his crickets or mealworms so thats why i don't over supply him with them.

Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Claire

 

[PoshPenny]

My girl is 7 months and 58 grams and my vet said she was a little too chunky, so really I could not tell you, I have been wondering the same thing. Post a picture if you can, Im curious to see yours size at that age.

 

[Weesmidge]

Oh it worked

 

[jannb]

Does your veiled have spurs on the heels of the back feet? From the photo your chameleon looks like a female. As for the size, this links shows pictures and the weights on my boy at all different ages.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/mem...73-sage-5-months-old-74-grams-9-1-13-083.html

 

[Weesmidge]

Hi
yes he has spurs although they are very small. thanks il check out your link

 

[PoshPenny]

Jann do you have any pics of your females at 7 months?

 

[jannb]

Jann do you have any pics of your females at 7 months?

Here's a link to a picture of Sadie at 6 months old.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/mem...6-sadie-just-shy-6-months-old-6-3-12-084.html

 

[Weesmidge]

Great photos

 

[PoshPenny]

She was gorgeous, her colors are amazing. Frita has no color really here is a pic of her right now. I don't know if these are stress colors or if she is getting a darker shade of green, she isn't as minty as she was as a baby. She seems a tad orangish around her head lately, but then it seems to come and go.

 

[PoshPenny]

here she is basking. Is she over weight at 58 grams, dr.duprel said she was on the chunky side slightly, but I don't know.

 

[Weesmidge]

to me she looks great. how much does she eat?

 

[PoshPenny]

She gets 10-15 1/2 crickets every other day. And a salad with chopped fruit every day. Plus one meal worm or butter worm here and there for a treat. She gets dubias too, about 4 babies plus 6 crickets. She likes a variety. She will get silkies too and hornworms mixed in with her crickets.