Best feeders to breed?

[RoskaL]

I want to start breeding feeders for the cham and want to know what are the best? I've tried silks and love them but its hard to get mulberry around here and its pretty expensive to get it delivered, I've tried locusts and couldn't get the hang of that, they all banged but no boom. And I hate crix ,
So are there any others I could try?

 

[ReptileLove18]

roaches seem to be pretty popular but i would see if your cham is willing to eat them before commiting to that! and they can make up to 40 percent of you chams diet according to sandrachameleon's feeder blog

 

[tkilgour]

B. dubia are highly prolific.

 

[RoskaL]

I've got dubias but cham isn't interested at all. Tried cup feeding, hand feeding, leaving them in there feeding but nope he don't want to know lol

 

[pssh]

Try feeding freshly molted roaches and flipping them on their backs so they kick their legs around (if your chameleon willingly hand feeds, a plastic spoon is helpful to keep them on their back without letting them flip over.

Superworms (morio worms) are easy to breed and cost very little to get the set up started. It takes a little time to get them to pupate and turn into beetles, but so long that it isn't worth it. Mealworms are also extremely easy, but they aren't the best feeders to use regularly.

Other roaches (especially colorful ones, like green banana roaches) are a possibility. You can also buy giant land snails and breed those. Stick insects (especiallly the Indian ones) are very easy to breed and keep. Mantids are also a possibility, but they require more care since you have to feed them other insects. Butterflies/moths (like large whites, small whites, painted ladies, some sphinx moths, some silkmoths [not the same as the silkworms we usually use] and other non-toxic kinds) are a possibility.

 

[RoskaL]

Try feeding freshly molted roaches and flipping them on their backs so they kick their legs around (if your chameleon willingly hand feeds, a plastic spoon is helpful to keep them on their back without letting them flip over.

Tried that and he now loves them!! Thanks for the idea
We have got him cup feeding again so now he's got the hang of it will be using them quite abit

 

[sandrachameleon]

I want to start breeding feeders for the cham and want to know what are the best? I've tried silks and love them but its hard to get mulberry around here and its pretty expensive to get it delivered, I've tried locusts and couldn't get the hang of that, they all banged but no boom. And I hate crix ,
So are there any others I could try?

Did you know that sikworms will eat things other than mulberry?

I second the suggestion of dubia. Superworms are also very easy.