Possible to Overfeed Chameleons?

How much is too much when it comes to feedings? I have a 3 month old chameleon, and his appetite is insane.

Today he ate 10 cirx in less than 5 mins, they were about 1/2" long. He looked really fat for a few hours, I am wondering if I fed him too much at once?

Also, how many hours before I shut the lights off can he eat? Say I feed him a afternoon snack, a mealworm or two, can I shut the lights off at 7pm still?

10-15 crickets a day is perfect, you can maybe split in two servings if the bulge worries you.

Johnny909 said:

10-15 crickets a day is perfect, you can maybe split in two servings if the bulge worries you.

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But the guides I read said 10-15 small crix, these are mediums so it's like he is eating 25-30 smalls.

At three months I don't worry too much about over feeding essecially with a male. At somewhere between 6 to 8 months you'll want to go to feeding him every other day.

jannb said:

At three months I don't worry too much about over feeding essecially with a male. At somewhere between 6 to 8 months you'll want to go to feeding him every other day.

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Sounds good! I will keep feeding him 10-15 of these each day for now, I am going to split up his feedings into 2 parts for a while to see how he does.

Its good to know he is eating alot, you little guy is gonna be stacking alot of extra weight in the next few months

My rule of thumb for chameleons under 6 months is let them eat as much as they want / can within 5 minutes, two or three times a day. I like them to have a good hour or three between last meal and lights out.
typically a 3 month old is eating small crickets - its not a great idea to give them overly large prey

sandrachameleon said:

typically a 3 month old is eating small crickets - its not a great idea to give them overly large prey

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here is where I have questions...what's too large? What happens if you give them too large of prey? I have been feeding FF, crickets up to 3 weeks, silk, horn, phoenix, small supers. My baby is going to be 3 mo next week and he doesn't seem to have any problems with what I have been giving him and i have been trying to give him all the smaller stuff but things grow...and fast I have been using the guide of distance btw eyes for crickets and the length of the his head for the worms. But I don't want to give him problems. Today he finished a shed and ate 5 crickets, 4-5 FF, and 2 each of horns and silks...

He has no problem eating medium sized crix, they're no larger than his mouth and a few chomps and it's gone.

Today he ate 10 in 5 mins in the morning, and then another 6 in the afternoon.

Does this every other day feeding for adults include veggies as well?