3 month old panther chameleon

[lizardbug]

Actually Furcifer pardalis locals are though to be their own species now days by Herpetology Scholars. The science is still in the works about the issue though. Meaning the association between dog breeds and Furcifer pardalis locals in not that far off the mark.

Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich

Nice im ahead of the science

 

[Motherlode Chameleon]

Nice im ahead of the science

More like getting caught up to the science.

Best Regards
Jeremy A. Rich

 

[Beman]

Should I start adding some small dubias daily or wait till hes bigger? My other one that is a couple months older doesn't like the dubias but will begrudgingly eat a couple a day for variety crickets are the favorites. Then any worm and then the ultimate are moths!

This is the age where I would add in variety. You put them in with the crickets he already views as food. He will learn at a young age the others are food too. Just load up the feeder run with them all. I would stick to 1/4 inch dubia. Silk worms are another good one and with you having two that are different ages you can order them in small as some get larger faster those can be fed off to your older cham. I personally avoid superworms. They can give a nasty bite the bigger they get and chams can get stuck on only wanting them as they mature. Blue bottle fly larvae are another good one. You hatch out the larvae into flies. Then turn them loose in the cage. Really great for hunting. These I keep the larvae in the fridge you will see as they pupate getting their hard shell. That is when you pull them and add them to a container. They will start hatching out within a few weeks.

 

[lizardbug]

This is the age where I would add in variety. You put them in with the crickets he already views as food. He will learn at a young age the others are food too. Just load up the feeder run with them all. I would stick to 1/4 inch dubia. Silk worms are another good one and with you having two that are different ages you can order them in small as some get larger faster those can be fed off to your older cham. I personally avoid superworms. They can give a nasty bite the bigger they get and chams can get stuck on only wanting them as they mature. Blue bottle fly larvae are another good one. You hatch out the larvae into flies. Then turn them loose in the cage. Really great for hunting. These I keep the larvae in the fridge you will see as they pupate getting their hard shell. That is when you pull them and add them to a container. They will start hatching out within a few weeks.

Thank you SO much! For the fly larvae when I put them in the container does it need soil or just like a moist paper towel?

 

[Beman]

Thank you SO much! For the fly larvae when I put them in the container does it need soil or just like a moist paper towel?

I never added anything to mine. They just start hatching out. Warning they are straight up maggots when you get them. Took me a bit not to die when I saw them the first time. I put mine into a little plastic container from like waxworms and then pop them into the fridge and then they start pupating slowly. Once they get their hard shell that is when you take them out of the fridge and put them in another empty container.

 

[lizardbug]

I never added anything to mine. They just start hatching out. Warning they are straight up maggots when you get them. Took me a bit not to die when I saw them the first time. I put mine into a little plastic container from like waxworms and then pop them into the fridge and then they start pupating slowly. Once they get their hard shell that is when you take them out of the fridge and put them in another empty container.

I got some black soldier fly larvae and yeah I was like omg I cant do this lol but I did

Here's a Pic of Maui this morning he says hes never eating again

 

[Beman]

I got some black soldier fly larvae and yeah I was like omg I cant do this lol but I did

Here's a Pic of Maui this morning he says hes never eating again

oh no the bsfl are nothing compared to the blue bottle flies lol. So mentally prepare if you try them.

 

[lizardbug]

oh no the bsfl are nothing compared to the blue bottle flies lol. So mentally prepare if you try them.

Oh geez I haven't ordered any yet but if its for my babies enrichment I think I can make myself. Do you have a preferred place to get them?

 

[Beman]

Oh geez I haven't ordered any yet but if its for my babies enrichment I think I can make myself. Do you have a preferred place to get them?

I ordered them from rainbow mealworms.

 

[lizardbug]

I ordered them from rainbow mealworms.

I did it the gross demons are on their way. So I just put them in a deli cup and stick them in the fridge until they turn brown, then take them out put in a new deli cup and then put somewhere warm?

 

[Beman]

I did it the gross demons are on their way. So I just put them in a deli cup and stick them in the fridge until they turn brown, then take them out put in a new deli cup and then put somewhere warm?

Yep! Do let me know if you gag upon seeing them.

 

[lizardbug]

Yep! Do let me know if you gag upon seeing them.

Got them and transfered them. Wow. That was hard, I didn't gag but my brain has been burned

 

[lizardbug]

Maui is finally consistently eating from his cup!!