Baby Veiled Feeders

[Tylerdw1995]

What else can I feed a baby veiled chameleon that is about 2 months besides crickets? Links to suppliers would be nice too Thanks ahead of time

 

[ChiefRedman]

Reptiworms, silk worms, horn worms, they just have to be right size. Good rule of thumb is to measure the length between his eyes, you dont want to feed anything over that width. I order my bugs from lindasgonebuggie.com. I also order some from lllreptile.com!

 

[Tylerdw1995]

Well he's a little guy only about 4 inches long I had some small meal worms but he wanted nothing to do with them.

 

[ChiefRedman]

Try reptiworm, the wiggle so much. If they dont move 90 mphs my little guy isnt interested lol He wont touch a silkwrom just because of how slow they move.

 

[Tylerdw1995]

where do you get your reptiworms?

 

[ChiefRedman]

lindagonebuggie.com

Its like 5 dollars for a 100 count

 

[Tylerdw1995]

Ok any tips on keeping them alive?

 

[BrucenBruce]

The reptiworms are the larvae (maggots, if you will) of the black soldier fly. They feed on compost, so a few damp bits of veggie will make them pretty happy. My chams haven't ever shown much interest in the worms, (YMMV) but let them pupate and moult into flies?

Oh, yeah!

~Bruce

 

[Dgood]

I would have to reccomend Linda's gone buggie. She has a very good variety of feeders at a very good price.

 

[nick barta]

Ok any tips on keeping them alive?

60 degrees will give you the longest life as maggots.

Buy Mediums not Larges, they last longer.

Ask the seller if the one you are getting just came in or how many days has it sat in their place. What temperature do they keep them at?

Petco/Pet Smart sells them as Repti-Worms, if they are white and wiggly, buy there, they are fresh.

CHEERS!

Nick