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Thanks again for the help everyone. I think I'll just stick mainly to crickets, adding in different worms for variety and treats. She's a hungry little thing right now, so I'm hoping that she'll take to cup fed worms as well as she has to the crickets.

Thanks for the help everyone. I feel like I have a better grasp of all this now. Any particular suggestions aside from roaches? There's really no way I could get away with having roaches in the house. If I got caught, my sister would have my head. Are there any worms that have a better track...

Yeah, I definitely can't do any type of roaches. Just knowing they were in the house would keep her up at night, and pranking her with them would be a good way to get myself killed. She has a serious phobia of roaches; just saying the word when I asked about them was getting her freaked out, so...

How well can a chameleon perceive depth? I would imagine that they have some top notch depth perception, as they need to aim carefully to catch their food, but my chameleon Carmen, who sadly passed away recently due to an infection, would sometimes miss her target. Is this normal for chameleons...

So I just got a new baby female veiled chameleon and I was wondering about different feeders. What are the benefits of feeder variety? I only have crickets at the moment, but I've been looking into different types of worms (meal, wax, phoenix, etc) and mantids. The mantis option seems like it...

Thanks for the help guys. So far she's eaten all the food I've given her, so I'm going to leave it as is unless I notice any problems in the future. Thanks again.

So I just got a new veiled chameleon for Christmas, (sort of an odd gift, I know, but not my first cham) and I was wondering if I should use the cage I already have or put her into a smaller enclosure until she grows a bit. The cage I have now is a screen mesh enclosure that measures 18" wide x...

So after a 30+ minute combo of shower and direct misting, I finally got Carmen to drink. I put her back in her cage and now she's sitting still like this. She did crack an eye open as I was putting her back, which I take is a good sign. I'm going to try to get her some more hydration, and...

Here's a picture that I just took, and here's another one. I can take more pictures if it'll help. She turned dark when I opened the cage and has gone back to a resting light green. I'm going to make some calls to my local vet, as I expected I would have to do. I'm really worried about her; I...

Chameleon Info: Your Chameleon - Female Veiled Chameleon, Est. Age 3-4 months, I've had her for about a month. Handling - I handle her as little as possible; I've tried the shower method to get her hydrated but other than that the handling has been minimal. Feeding - I feed her 5-6 small/med...

Alright, that's what I thought. I'm also glad that she's eating; from certain angles she looks downright too thin. That's another reason why I'm trying to provide waxworms, is that I heard that they were high in fat, and judging by pics of other veiled chameleons I've seen on the forums she...

That's the thing though, is that I've seen her eat crickets, and she wasn't shy about it. She just ate, in fact. I guess I just have to keep the worms fresh and play the waiting game. I should replace the worms with fresh ones every day, correct?

So Carmen still hasn't eaten from her cup. I've tried holding her up to it so she could see the worms wiggling in there but she wasn't interested. I also tried setting her down on the plant next to the cup so she could find it on her own, but she just walked right past it. Is there an easier way...

So after a long, warm misting she was able to remove what seems to have been a stubborn little patch of sheddable skin. It must have been itching pretty seriously because she seemed glad to be rid of it, and she kept rubbing the area for another good 20-30 seconds. Now if she could just get that...

It is a cool box, and I'm sure it's nice to have, but is there an advantage to having your crickets all in one spot? Excuse my ignorance, but wouldn't free roaming crickets better replicate a hunting environment?

Alright, thanks Scoobthenoob. I'll try a long, warm misting first to see if that does the trick, and then I'll move on to eye drops. Hopefully one of those two will fix the problem.

So a small amount of salt is fine, then? I think I saw a few that just had salt in them, but I thought that there needed to just be 100% saline only. I'll check the stores again and if nothing works I'll see about making my own drops. Thanks for the help guys.

Alright I added a small yogurt cup for the worms, that I tied to a plant using a small amount of insulated wire. She hasn't eaten from it yet from what I can tell but I guess it's just a matter of time. Thanks for all the help guys.

So I couldn't find a pure saline solution. Everything I found had at least some small amount of one chemical or another. Would any of those be appropriate? By small I mean fractions of a percent. Or does it have to be 100% pure saline?

I'll try both of those. Thanks for the quick response!