Parsons Feeding on Small Crickets

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Could not believe it, I buy small crickets for an anole (that I put into the cage to see if Rhino is a lizard eater) that lives is in Rhinos cage. While Rhino has not eaten the anole and the two have kind of have become friend. I have been feeding and watering them both. To my surprise when I put the small crickets in the cage to feed the anole, Rhino an adult Parsons, began feeding on all the small crickets next to him. The size crickets that a larger panther chameleon neonate would feed on (the small size sold at Pet Smart). That was a total surprise to me since he rarely eats even adult crickets. However I found it quite entertaining that a chameleon that big would feed on crickets that small.:D
 
That's cute, and he isn't stressed out at all by the anole? I'm sure wild chameleons run into small lizards all the time, was he WC?
 
justjumpit621 said:
That's cute, and he isn't stressed out at all by the anole? I'm sure wild chameleons run into small lizards all the time, was he WC?
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More like the anole is stressed out by Rhino. When the anole was first put into the cage Rhino was eyeballing the anole as if he were a rack of lamb. That lasted for a couple of days now they do not pay each other much mind.

Rhino when he was sold to me he was sold as a captive bred with CITES papers Parsons. I had a physical done and had no signs of being wild caught. Such as no parasites and optimum physical conditions with no evidence of being collected from the wild. Compared to other CB chameleons I have purchased in the past he ranks with the best of them except for one feature. He has got a bit mark on his back that looks like an adult Parsons bit him :mad:. Other than that he came in flawless.

He acts like a captive bred as well he is not skittish at all and does not mind being handled from time to time. He actually just ate two grasshoppers from my hand five minutes ago.
 
The longer you have him,you will find that Parsonii do what they want, when they want. One day you just won't find the anole. You should name him Toast.
 
I like Toast! But if you are going to take him out maybe Routlette? I say let him free range, and maybe a few more for friends =D Then they an breed and you will have your own supply of anoles to feed to your chameleons!
 
justjumpit621 said:
I like Toast! But if you are going to take him out maybe Routlette? I say let him free range, and maybe a few more for friends =D Then they an breed and you will have your own supply of anoles to feed to your chameleons!
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I have been considering about letting him free range and start up a breeding colony except once they are free ranging they are pretty much impossibly to catch for feeding. The only way they would become food is when I let my chameleons out to free range. I had a Giant Day Gecko (female gravid) that escaped one fall that lived and bred in the greenhouse however when the summer weather returned they we're all out of the greenhouse.
 
Motherload Chameleon said:
I have been considering about letting him free range and start up a breeding colony except once they are free ranging they are pretty much impossibly to catch for feeding. The only way they would become food is when I let my chameleons out to free range. I had a Giant Day Gecko (female gravid) that escaped one fall that lived and bred in the greenhouse however when the summer weather returned they we're all out of the greenhouse.
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Well then it would be a nice treat for them when they free range :D you could try a butterfly net.
 
I tried to feed mine Anoles too but they just weren't interested so I came to the conclusion that they viewed him as a fellow inmate:D
 
Todnedo said:
I tried to feed mine Anoles too but they just weren't interested so I came to the conclusion that they viewed him as a fellow inmate:D
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I actually attempted to feed the Anole during the winter when Rhino was doing the Parsons hibernating thing. I think any other time of year, especially with how he was initially looking at the Anole, he would have been lunch.

Side note, I had the greenhouse as a free range arrangement for panthers for about six years and put bamboo poles as pathways from one plant to another. While looking at the pathways I found the clutch of day geckos eggs in one of the poles. They hatched and including the mother noticed about 4 to 5 day geckos in the greenhouse. What if one day when I finally find a female for Rhino to walk into the greenhouse and find neonate parsons free ranging?
 
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Motherload Chameleon said:
I actually attempted to feed the Anole during the winter when Rhino was doing the Parsons hibernating thing. I think any other time of year, especially with how he was initially looking at the Anole, he would have been lunch.

Side note, I had the greenhouse as a free range arrangement for panthers for about six years and put bamboo poles as pathways from one plant to another. While looking at the pathways I found the clutch of day geckos eggs in one of the pole. They hatched and including the mother noticed about 4 to 5 day geckos in the greenhouse. What if one day when I finally find a female for Rhino to walk into the greenhouse and find neonate parsons free ranging?
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That would be AMAZING :p I love parsons but they are WAY too expensive for me.
 
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