Vitamin A and carotenoids....

[kinyonga]

Chameleons and carotenoids...
Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene - Orthomolecular.org
"Of primary importance, on the other
hand, to the old world chameleon, are the
other 400-odd carotenoids which it ingests
by feasting on exotic bugs which them-
selves have eaten myriad plant isoprenoid
pigments. Once within the chameleon, not
only do these carotenoids sequester them-
selves within reptilian dermal cells (pris-
matically formed to magnify the color
changing effect) but they directly support
osteoblastic activity. Now you know why
these magnificent lizards rarely survive
captivity; without the exotic plants and
bugs, their diet offers inadequate caro-
tenoids and their skeletal structure fails
them causing fatal electrolyte imbalances."

 

[Ceycham]

Thats so....fatalistically sad!

 

[kinyonga]

It's something I've known for years...which is why supplementing and proper feeding/gutloaded is so important.

 

[kinyonga]

More on carotenoids....
"those on the fruit and vegetable diet had the highest concentrations"...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21866571

"The black European crickets, Gryllus bimaculatus, came out of this study as the most nutritious cricket to feed your pet! In each experiment, they retained significantly greater amounts of carotenoids than the other tested species."...
http://cricket-breeding.com/nutritious-cricket-breed-feed/

 

[Erin81]

How do I tell how old my chameleon is?

 

[Mawtyplant]

Kinyonga, remind me something? you study in science right?

One "not that bad" stuff : https://www.lllreptile.com/products/30462-algae-dust-spirulina-powder-2oz (they also got bee pollen dusting also)

 

[CJ's Exotics]

How do I tell how old my chameleon is?

Please make your own thread. It gets confusing when people start posting other things on other peoples threads.

 

[kinyonga]

@Mawtyplant asked..."Kinyonga, remind me something? you study in science right?"... I always took physics and chemistry in school but when I started keeping reptiles' I took some beginner biology classes...but I need more. Now I just read a lot of science books and papers etc. No degree in it. . Why did you ask?

 

[Mawtyplant]

@Mawtyplant asked..."Kinyonga, remind me something? you study in science right?"... I always took physics and chemistry in school but when I started keeping reptiles' I took some beginner biology classes...but I need more. Now I just read a lot of science books and papers etc. No degree in it. . Why did you ask?

Pubmeds references are not so frequent over there but im always super excited to got a good papers about the subjects! and i have vague souvenirs (memory?) of you sharing a scientific poster in a facebook page in a wew day! but still not sure about this!

 

[kinyonga]

I don't go on Facebook as a rule so it might have been someone else!
Can I ask if you're French?

 

[Mawtyplant]

I don't go on Facebook as a rule so it might have been someone else!
Can I ask if you're French?

yep! probably someone else yes im french! you?

 

[kinyonga]

I'm English speaking but can read French and speak it to some extent. My grandfather was part French but being surrounded by only English speaking family he never spoke it and so I never learned it. He died when I was very young or I would have had him teach me.

 

[Andee]

It's too bad that I avoid about 99% of gryllus cricks as feeders.