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...IMHO. You said…”! I have fake plants in his enclosure and I noticed he likes to chew on them haha; I read that veiled chams like to eat veggies as well as live insects, so I have to look into what I can feed him” Definitely get the fake plants out of there asap too…if bits of those are eaten...

Hi there, I love that you’re wanting to help out! There are a few things that have wrong info though, one of the biggest being only using kale and carrots for the veggie portion of your gutload. You don’t want to use kale because it is high in oxalates, which binds calcium. More veggie variety...

...I don’t really think that would work. The issue is if they melt. Like I said before, I keep my crickets outside on a porch. Every time I put veggies or fruits in their cage, tons and tons of ants come in their cage and on my porch. Ants have also been infesting/ coming into our house. We...

I would use a big lid, like a peanut butter jar lid and put chopped greens and veggies and a tiny bit of fruit that I would use to gut load the insects with in the lid and place the lid on the cage floor. It kept the uneaten insects (crickets, locusts, superworms, etc) gutloaded too.

...I know…they eat their plants and eat plants in the wild without problem, plus there is a ton of info out there that says it’s ok to give them veggies. Just bugs is the better diet. We have no idea why they eat plant matter…just have some theories. Anyhow, make sure you are giving your...

...well as needing to feed more when they are smaller. I feed them the same fresh organic produce I give my bearded dragons - varied greens and veggies with just a hint of fruit. I also supplement at times with Repashy Bug Burger. The only feeding issues I have is when I overfeed them. It’s...

...issue with their legs, where the legs look bent backwards at the knee, so the crickets cant really walk around well, or climb. I wash the veggies before I put them in the cage, and I keep the cage in a safe, ventilated place away from too much direct light. I wash it every 2 days and ensure...

...are active and everywhere! Until my enclosures got well established with my clean up crew, and even now once a week or so, I give them some veggies under their cork to nibble. I have found every single one of my chameleons hunting them. Some things to increase their chances of survival...

Thanks! CORRECTION!! I meant Collard greens NOT KALE

One of my earlier male Chamaeleo calypatratus used to clear entire small Ficus Tree's of leaf mater. That making male Chamaeleo calypatratus capable leaf consumers. That is some evidence of male Chamaeleo calypatratus living on a substantial vegetarian diet. Veggies! Best Regards Jeremy A. Rich

I have removed all of the mulch and soil from his enclosure. I don’t know what to do about the substrate he has already consumed. He does not seem to be in pain or unwell.

Noted, but it was from a feeder cricket because I saw one crawl onto her face while she was eating, I usually try to pick off the ones that crawl onto her to avoid bites but she got pissy and hissed at me when I tried to take it off, with the horn worms I tend to hand feed those and I hold...

I also only feed my dubia fresh veggies. I do occasionally offer them bug burger, which likely has some protein in it, but they get it maybe 1x a month along side their veggies.

Hello and welcome! Chameleons shouldn’t be fed fruits or veggies as they are not built to digest them. Bugs only, but you can feed fruits and veggies to the bugs your feed your chameleon

...a few years ago and came back clean. I do not believe he has them because I keep his environment clean and the roaches are from dubia.com. I gutload insects properly with fresh veggies and fruit. I will start monitoring his weight (he just weighed in at 98g) and feeding him more. Thanks!

We use the Repashy Plus LoD multivitamin which I think is preformed (please correct me if I'm wrong!) and the vet suggested adding an extra supplementation every month for the next couple months (so 3x per month instead of 2x per month), to see if it helps with his eye.

All of this sounds great. And if Baines is in on sol reptile then it would be a quality product. I know basics with the lighting... More knowledge with the UVB levels. But once you get into kelvin and this and that I have no clue other than a daylight bulb of 6500k is a great option. :hilarious:

...week or two spread through out the whole colony in the dry chow i make. Which only makes up about 5-8% of their diet, the rest is the usual veggies from the store or the garden. I still dust my feeders (i don't expect it to ever replace that. But I am always looking for ways to make...

No it’s not required to blend. I personally do, then I put in ice cube trays and freeze. I just put a cube in their bin when I feed them. But I only have one Cham and no other reptiles so if I don’t, I end up wasting veggies. They can do just fine without blending or thin portions. ☺️

...Without the sponge, crickets seem to be dying at a slightly slower rate. I assume they're getting enough moisture from the fresh veggies I give them every other day. I only keep about 40 crickets at a time in there, so there's plenty of food and plenty of room. I transfer the crickets into a...