Orange Isopods
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Miss Lily
Chameleon Enthusiast
I know they can eat isopods, but I have never heard of orange isopods though. Check out this blog by sandrachameleon all about feeders. It's really helpful and full of great information about breeding feeders.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html#comment1108
You have to be cautious if feeding bugs from the garden though - they may have been where pesticides have been used or carry parasites of some sort.
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html#comment1108
You have to be cautious if feeding bugs from the garden though - they may have been where pesticides have been used or carry parasites of some sort.
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
Spanish Orange Isopods are a Porcellio sp. colormorph (and faster breeding than some of the grey ones) - high in calcium and yes chameleons can eat them - obviously smaller/younger ones for baby Jacks. Can make up 20% of your chameleons diet.
I would Really like to have some of the orange ones myself
Worms are high in calcium, but there is bacteria risk.
and red worms (commonly used for compost) apparently dont taste very good
iheartchameleons
New Member
Is there anywhere you can buy these? Any reputable online websites?
isopods are known to be high in a certian mineral, but i can not remember for the life of me
may have been zinc?? Supposively can cause issues if fed to many. Although I never experinced any problems. Of you may already know, isopods like to live in wet, dark areas which decaying leaf liter is located. The decaying leaf litter releases toxins that they consume.
hopefully someone can come along and verify this. I discussed it years ago in another forum concerning leopard geckoss
may have been zinc?? Supposively can cause issues if fed to many. Although I never experinced any problems. Of you may already know, isopods like to live in wet, dark areas which decaying leaf liter is located. The decaying leaf litter releases toxins that they consume. hopefully someone can come along and verify this. I discussed it years ago in another forum concerning leopard geckoss
sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
isopods are known to be high in a certian mineral, but i can not remember for the life of me
hopefully someone can come along and verify this. I discussed it years ago in another forum concerning leopard geckoss
Wild caught isopods are indeed heavy metal bioaccumulators. Not a problem for the isopods, but it can add up to a problem for their predators (biomagnification). This is not a problem with captive cultured terrestrial isopods.
I explain this in more detail in this blog entry (in a comment below the initial entry that is)
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...-isopods-pillbugs-wood-sow-rollie-pollie.html
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sandrachameleon
Chameleon Enthusiast
You'll find a few in this list:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/171-where-buy-feeders-online.html
ahh ok,...I always collected native species.
pssh
Avid Member
Native species are good feeders too, just breed them a few generations before you feed them off. In fact, the orange isopods are a native species. In certain populations, you will find a high percentage of high orange individuals. In other populations they are almost 100% grey with orange ones only showing up rarely.
