I always buy more than one so I can give one to my exotics vet(s) as a holiday gift. Some years I’ve ended up with an extra, but it worked out much later when someone needed a previous year’s. :)
I like to feed smaller bugs, but as long as they are smaller than the space between his eyes, size is fine. When my guy was little, I was giving him the equivalent of 15ish 1/2” crickets daily.
Thanks so much for sharing Dude’s story. 💗 The suspects in Lucky’s case is the same - abscess or tumor. Surgery is required to determine which and possibly remove. Since he has almost no vision in that eye, I think it’s more than an abscess. One of the things I learned when I lost 3 of my chams...
This is where breeding your own bugs is a huge help in keeping costs down. However, unless you have solar or other alternate energy, the electric bill for all the lights is no joke.
Some choose to keep the basking/heat light on for just the first half of the day and some opt for the entirety. I go by what my chameleons are doing, which is basking at different times so it’s the full 12 hours for them.
Depending on which species of chameleon you have, it’s age and what...
Yes, you want to give each one twice a month. Which multivitamin are you using? If it is a Repashy, it should already have preformed vitamin A and no extra is needed (and can be detrimental).