does she look pregnant

[joshua n janet]

You do not need any special feeders. If she does lay just feed her well for a few days with nicely calcium dusted crickets.

Make sure you are not overfeeding her so she does not lay large clutches-that can take the life out of them quicly if they lay repeated large clutches.

oh yea and how many should i feed her every other day?

 

[Julirs]

At 6 months I am typically feeding a female Veiled (as long as she is healthy and of good size and weight) about 7 or so 3/4" to full size crickets every other day.

 

[joshua n janet]

how about my male how many should i feed him. i dont gut load them i dont know how to

 

[Julirs]

Gutloading is easy-just throw some stuff in with the crickets like sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, Kale, Endive, carrots, apple-I usually just have 2-3 of those on hand and pitch them in with the crickets-the crickets eat that stuff, and so your chameleons eat the crickets that are full of that good stuff. My adult males will eat maybe 10 or so large crickets or 5 or so Superworms every other day.

 

[joshua n janet]

ooooooh ok i do that already. how about super worms how many of those would be ok for both

 

[Texas Panther Man]

You need a dry gutload and a wet gutload. The dry is all your grains and cereals and bee pollen spirulina etc.. The wet portion is all your fruits and veggies. Personally i dont use a lot of potatos. I use sweet potato and squash, pears, apples, strawberry, romaine lettuce, kale, mustard greens etc

You really ought to do alot f research on gutloading. Thats one of the most imp aspects of husbandry. What you feed your feeders directly affects your chams health.

 

[joshua n janet]

right now im using alot of veg and cricket crack

 

[Elizadolots]

A note on the "play sand". I've seen that at WalMart and Home Depot, in the garden department.

 

[joshua n janet]

thats good to know

 

[joshua n janet]

but theres time my mom buys poting soil from home depo and its sopo to be moist and dark but its all hard dry

 

[Texas Panther Man]

Crick crack is great stuff i use that also.

 

[joshua n janet]

i always wonder wat it has in it because the crickets look like they love it

 

[Julirs]

right now im using alot of veg and cricket crack

Sounds perfect-as far as Superworms-I feed my big adult male Veileds about 5-6 every other day, and my females 5 or so-the problem is it is really truly hard to say, because I offer a variety of Supers, Silks, Dubia, less and less crickets. You learn what your herd eats and what keeps them happy and healthy after a period of time.

I do feed a grain based cricket feed to my Supers and crickets as well as the fruits and veggies, but I am not sure you can definitively say you need both a wet and dry gutload.

 

[joshua n janet]

Sounds perfect-as far as Superworms-I feed my big adult male Veileds about 5-6 every other day, and my females 5 or so-the problem is it is really truly hard to say, because I offer a variety of Supers, Silks, Dubia, less and less crickets. You learn what your herd eats and what keeps them happy and healthy after a period of time.

I do feed a grain based cricket feed to my Supers and crickets as well as the fruits and veggies, but I am not sure you can definitively say you need both a wet and dry gutload.

thank ya so much ive lern alot here