Diary of what the chameleons ate this month.
Supplement is currently three parts sticky tongue farms mineral-o and one part repashy calcium plus -regular/original strength. Crickets, superworms and mealworms are dusted. Don't usually dust roaches, butterworms, silkworms, terrestrial...
Week four, Oct 19-25
-mixed pulp from juicing apples, pears and carrots with a bit of wheatgrass
-dandelion leaves
-acorn squash (flesh and seeds)
-dry alfalfa
Third week October 12-18
Fresh:
-apples
-carrots
-dandelion young leaves and a few flowers
-lemon mint
-clover
-a slightly shrivelled /old lemon (without peel)
-steamed sweet potato
-arugula and romaine
dry
-remains of the mix from last week, plus a small amount of half eaten (bird...
what I fed the roaches and crickets. Pillbugs, snails, Supers and mealworms got similar fair.
First week October:
Apples (fresh from the tree)
Pear (fresh from the tree)
Cauliflower stems/leftovers (store bought and not something I would suggest offering often)
Carrot (locally grown)...
I know how you feel. My guy got burned too (he escaped his cage and ended up under the light fixture touching the bulb!)
Just do the best you can for treatment (if needed) and keep doing the best you can generally. He will survive. Mistakes happen - don't beat yourself up too much, just learn...
Typically what I blog is not just directly copied word for word from someone else. My gutloads are my own creations. And I do cite when I direct quote anything not in the public domain /common knowledge / or anything that is someone else's opinion.
to be clear, I didn't also ask this person to...
This thread is worth reviewing before you make almonds a significant part of your or your bugs or your chameleons diet: http://www.chameleonforums.com/killer-almonds-131717/
I have been using the Repashy Calcium Plus (original strength) about once up to twice a week mixed 50-50 with Mineral-O by sticky tongue farms. The rest of the time just the Mineral-O, if anything was needed at all. I felt this was sufficient /better given I use a mix of prey and gutloads.
I...
Looks good. Especially once that pothos fills in a bit more at the top. You might want another horizontal vines/branches under the basking light, to give options in terms of distance from the bulb
You could attach some larger bowls in there for feeding fast moving prey like roaches and...
that's one option. others include oranges, cantaloupe, spriulina, sunflower seeds, sesame, flax, brazil nuts....
solider fly maggots tend to transfer a fair bit of B1
my chameleons were / are several different ages - but the log is of what adults (over 1 year) ate.
yes, they do tend to eat less as they get older. usually you dont need to restrict prey, although some (more often females) will overeat. what the fat pads