am I supposed to provide food 24 hours a day for my baby panther

[Doyle5132]

right now i have the fruit fly container in his cage, and i lightly dust the fruit flies with calcium without d3

 

[CJ's Exotics]

right now i have the fruit fly container in his cage, and i lightly dust the fruit flies with calcium without d3

How old specifically is your chameleon?

 

[Doyle5132]

How old specifically is your chameleon?

i was old 3 months, he seems weak though, he stutters when he walks, but eats fine. i water him 3 times a day plus a dripper. so i figured that dusting my flies would make hims stronger

 

[CJ's Exotics]

i was old 3 months, he seems weak though, he stutters when he walks, but eats fine. i water him 3 times a day plus a dripper. so i figured that dusting my flies would make hims stronger

Stutters when he walks? What do you mean? Do you mean that he sways almost like a leaf? Or does it look like not deliberate stuttering, like if he is sick?

 

[Doyle5132]

Stutters when he walks? What do you mean? Do you mean that he sways almost like a leaf? Or does it look like not deliberate stuttering, like if he is sick?

when he walks he is very hesitant, like he will bring his leg forward then beg the forward. i guess its cation? just thought the calcium was a priority. son decided to lightly dust.

 

[Whyte Monkee]

If the chameleon is swaying when it walks that is normal, that is meant to imitate moving tree leaves in the wild. They are ambush predators that don't move around a whole bunch.

I highly suggest you check out this Panther Chameleon care sheet ( https://www.chameleonforums.com/care/caresheets/panther/ ) that is provided by this website.

I would use these husbandry practices as a bare minimum. Chameleons are sensitive animals, especially as far as reptiles go. They need a lot of maintainence to be kept healthily.

Good luck.

And to answer your question, I would feed it as much as possible with as many different kinds of live foods as possible until it is full grown. You should also be gutloading the insects. Information on gutloading is provided by this website as well, use the resource tab it is very useful.

 

[larrodinero]

i was old 3 months, he seems weak though, he stutters when he walks, but eats fine. i water him 3 times a day plus a dripper. so i figured that dusting my flies would make hims stronger

Do you have a good picture? Side view of his whole body?

 

[Doyle5132]

Do you have a good picture? Side view of his whole body?

yes on my recent threads

 

[kinyonga]

For a growing young chameleon feed it as much as it will eat in a couple of minutes at each feeding and leave a couple of extra insects for it to snack on.

Make sure that just before you feed the insects to the chameleon you dust them at almost every feeding lightly with a phosphorous-free calcium powder. Dust them twice a month with a phosphorous-free calcium/D3 powder and twice a month with a vitamin powder.

Make sure your basking temperature is in the low 80's F at this age, that you feed/gutload the ninsects well and provide water in an appropriate way.