Dubais + Pygmy?

[TheGentleman]

Hey, I was wondering if I could feed the Dubais to a pygmy chameleon. I haven't bought either yet so i cant judge the size so lets assume its a newborn pygmy we are feeding. Thanks.

 

[laurie]

First off welcome to our world. I love gentleman as your name -- there are so few of those left in the world. There isn't a dubia small enough for a newborn pygmy. You are looking at ff.'s. New born pgymys are smaller than you can believe. jmo Where are you located are you here in the US or somewhere else? I like knowing where all the members come from, guess I am just nosey - sorry.

 

[TheGentleman]

Thanks for the info, I live in Hoboken, Right outside of NYC.

 

[canzoman]

Thanks for the info, I live in Hoboken, Right outside of NYC.

Nice another NJ guy. Welcome!

 

[BigBlue]

I think small dubias will still be too big for an adult pygmy let alone a baby pygmy. I feed my adult pigs 1/4" crickets and they seem to have no problem eating them but a small dubia is quite wide for the small pygmy mouth.

 

[TheGentleman]

Ah, alright. Thank you all for the advice. I think I may get another Jackson cham as I've had one before. Do you think they can eat dubias?

 

[pssh]

Newborn Dubias are not too big for adults. My adults (and subadults close to adult size) eat them just fine with no problems.

 

[ijmccollum]

General rule of thumb, "do not feed anything bigger than the widths of their eyes".

Is there a specific reason you are focused on dubias?

 

[TheGentleman]

Thanks for all the info, and I do know the rule of thumb, I just don't know the size of the roaches. I'm asking because I just ordered a shipment of dubias and am looking into a getting another cham. It does however need to fit into a 36x20x20 cage at adult size though, or else I would just get a panther. Any suggestions?

 

[ijmccollum]

I feed turks so I really couldn't tell you about the dubias size. Pssh and others could give you a better idea of that insect size.

I do house my jackson's in a 36x24x24 quite well. I don't think I would go any bigger than that size for that footprint.