Age approximate

[jmerrick27]

Hey everyone, I recently read a thread about approximate age and I'm curious as to how old mine looks currently, she's a female and we got her from a pet expo back in November so we had her for a month so far, she's in the minimum enclosure size and in a hybrid enclosure, I feed her daily with dusted calcium without D3 on crickets about 15-20. Any guesses?

 

[ehdee6]

She looks quite young still, probably 4-6 months... Still a little green bean!

 

[MissSkittles]

I’m going to guess about 3-4 months based on the size of her casque. She does look a tad thin. How much have you been feeding her?

 

[jmerrick27]

I’m going to guess about 3-4 months based on the size of her casque. She does look a tad thin. How much have you been feeding her?

Oh yes, so basically the feeder dish I had I would put 15-20 crickets in there but as soon as I'd put the dish inside, most of the crickets jump out and go to the bottom of the enclosure where she was unable to see them, so what I started doing instead was getting a bigger feeder and would up the amount of crickets I'd feed her and also feed her by hand, she's since then started to fill in after I started monitoring her feedings and making sure no crickets would jump out

 

[MissSkittles]

Oh yes, so basically the feeder dish I had I would put 15-20 crickets in there but as soon as I'd put the dish inside, most of the crickets jump out and go to the bottom of the enclosure where she was unable to see them, so what I started doing instead was getting a bigger feeder and would up the amount of crickets I'd feed her and also feed her by hand, she's since then started to fill in after I started monitoring her feedings and making sure no crickets would jump out

You should probably invest in buying or making a feeding station of some sort. I like and use the shooting gallery. https://tkchameleons.com/products/shooting-gallery?variant=30018608595032 While nothing will be 100% escape proof, it does and excellent job holding feeders (except bsfl who wriggle their way out easily) until your chameleon gets to them. You do want to be cautious with cricket escapees. At night they can bite your chameleon as they look for something to eat. You should be offering a variety of feeders anyhow. Adding a couple of graphics. Just as important as what you feed your cutie is what you feed to her food. Give your buggies a nutritious diet so that they’ll be more nutritious for your girl.

 

[jmerrick27]

Thank you for this, unfortunately my little girl only eats crickets, we tried silk worms, horn worms etc, she refuses to eat them and only eats crickets, even the breeder we got her from the expo stated she always refused other insects but crickets so we only feed her those, but I gut load them with micro greens, carrots, cucumber, raspberry and blueberries, I know it's strange how a chameleon refuses food but not crickets, we took her to the vet and the vet said we've never seen or heard of a chameleon refusing food other than crickets. She has been starting to notice the crickets that jump out and will go hunt them down, but I used to take them all out as much as I could find so her sleep wouldn't be disturbed, but alas we have a healthy girl that will live out her full life.