for now i put the feeder box in his cage and he immediately climbed over to it, i ordered a lot of the stuff you guys recommended and they’ll probably arrive after the weekend, is that okay?? will he be alright like this for now? im gonna get another live plant (was thinking a pothos) tomorrow instead of the bark.
baby chameleon closed both eyes please help!!!
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MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
I’m so glad that you posted this pic. Those crickets are way too large for him to eat. He needs much much smaller food. His food should be around 2 mm in size…tiny. I’m not sure how your reptile shops are, but here they don’t generally carry such tiny feeders, except for fruit flies. We have to order tiny feeders on line. If it’s like that for you too, get him some fruit flies until you can get tiny crickets and just hatched roach babies.
omg tysm!! that might definitely be why hes eating so little, theres a reptile expo coming up, will they have that size?? and no these are the smallest size they carry, where online can i look?
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Well, you need to get him something to eat now. He can’t wait. Maybe the shop will have some other type tiny feeders. Bean beetles, fruit flies, freshly hatched roaches, small black soldier fly larvae, baby silkworms, etc. Talk to the people at reptile shops, ask the person who you bought him from, do a search for on line feeder insect vendors. Your little man has zero resources to fall back upon. If he doesn’t get enough to eat, he will waste away quickly and die. It’s possible this is what’s already happening with his eyes being closed. Baby chameleons are little eating machines and should be getting well over 20 appropriately sized insects twice per day. Even call and ask your local exotics vet if they know where you can buy tiny feeders. This is urgent.
i bought fruit flies for now, they didnt carry anything else in pet stores close to me, im gonna drive to the big pet store tomorrow since they were closed already, got told they have lots of other options there for me
im looking on a site now, are black soldier fly larvae not to big??
MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
Full adult ones just ready to pupate may be, but small to medium ones should be ok. Stealing a graphic from a cricket vendor here, I believe the size your baby needs is about 1/8”, or about 0.3 cm. It’s better to go a bit too small than too big. It’s no problem for your chameleon to need to eat more of the smaller feeders, but if a feeder is too big, they just can’t eat it. They do chomp and give a couple of chews, but for the most part, they swallow their food whole.
thankyou! ill show the pet store tomorrow what he needs i hope they have it, otherwise ill order them.
