Silk worms can be purchased ready to feed but sometimes aren't available. Fruit flies are generally fed to babies and are probably too small for your needs.
This is just me, but I've had no problems as far as feeders go. I try to use at least 4 different feeders each week/feeding for my two panthers. I use silkworms, hornworms, crickets, superworms, waxworms, dubia roaches, and sometimes other things that I can get. You want to limit the amount of fat in your cham's diet, but I'm no expert on that. I'm an entomologist and will tell you as much as you want to know about bugs, but you should check out the chameleon forum's pages on cham diets and such. They are very useful and I've followed them for my two chams. Fruit flies are going to be WAY TOO SMALL for your 18 month old jacksons. They will look like tiny gnats running around and your cham probably won't pay attention. I would suggest using a mixture of what I use as far as feeders go, I listed mine above^^^^. If you need silkworms or hornworms, I do sell those. There are also many people on ebay and many other sites that sell the same + more than I can. Good luck!
Thanks for getting back to me! I went on a couple of sights,but was confused; I thought you had to grow silkworms. Are there any other flying feeders my Jackson can eat?
Thanks for your quick reply! I did in fact see your listing on eBay just a little while ago! I would be interested in attempting to raise silkworms to decrease the cost. I will check out your sight now. Thanks
You purchase them in groups of like 35 or 50 in a "pod". The pod has everything they need to grow larger. It's like that so that if they are too small at first you can feed the small ones to small pets, let the others feed and grow so they get larger. Then feed those off to your larger pets. There are flying feeders, but not ones that you can purchase like that. Such as soldier flies, aka calciworms. These are maggots that turn into flies. They will fly around and chams love them, but it takes some work to get them to that point. Hope this helps!
If you are interested in silkworms from me, then PM me. I don't have them for sale on ebay at the moment, only my hornworms are on ebay.
OK.. how do I PM you? (told you I was new!)
Thanks Nick! How can I order from you? I don't think I have access to PM yet. I appreciate the excellent info from you and others
Thank you. I see I'm now able to post. How do I PM someone? I think I'll try bottle flies from Nick and silkworms from spyro88. Really appreciate not only this response, but your responses to others. I've learned a lot, and am less overwhelmed.
Thanks for the info. I live outside of Boston, so will order bottle flies from Mantisplace and silkworms from spyro88. Thank you for the warm welcome!
