Vibrating Food Dish?

[nathang]

I saw an ad for a feeding dish that vibrates so it looks canned bugs are alive to a cham and I was wondering if this works/ is a good idea cause my neighbor might have to look after my cham for a while and i know for a fact they dont want to deal with live bugs. Also, are canned insects as healthy as live for chams?

 

[Vince]

I would not recomend doing this. Chameleons need live insects for their neuroscience. Also, i think canned bugs would not offer as much H2O for your cham.

BUT this dish may be a good idea for those who cant get their roaches to move enough to get their chams attention.

 

[Rocky]

definitely intended for dead bugs and chameleons do better with live food so i wouldnt get it. I think it may be for beardies, but not 100% on that I just remember seeing a bearded dragon on the box

 

[nathang]

would it be ok just for like 2 weeks if they misted more?

 

[Vince]

I really woundnt. maybe for a couple days at the most. Not a couple weeks. The chameleon may not go for this even if it is shaking. They are not dumb

 

[nathang]

ok thanks i wont risk it

 

[chameleon97]

I think it may be for beardies, but not 100% on that I just remember seeing a bearded dragon on the box

i saw a cham on a compact flourecent bulb
i saw a cham on a box for a heated cable to wrap around branches

dont always trust lil pictures

 

[Vince]

i saw a cham on a compact flourecent bulb
i saw a cham on a box for a heated cable to wrap around branches

dont always trust lil pictures

I hate products that do this. I think it would be a good idea to make a sticky of all these products. Heated vine, compact bulbs, UVB tubes with plastic covering the tube... the list goes on. ITS TERRIBLE!

 

[chameleon guy]

it would be funny to put a live bug in the dish and then it started to puke.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Save your money
LIVE insects only - no vibrating dish, no dehydrated mystery fed nutritionally deficient dead insects


If your pet sitter doesnt like bugs, get a different sitter!
Try larva like butterworms and superworms. One could pick those up with tongs and place in a feeder cup, if one were squeemish about crickets and such