Dubia Introduction

[Rango_TheManEater]

I’ve been attempting to introduce dubia roaches into my veiled’s diet for maybe a day now. I avoided them because… well… they’re roaches, but I’ve also realized that they’re important for his diet, so I set aside that fear.

Rango ate one roach and a hornworm treat before calling it a day. They’re medium-sized roaches, since he isn’t a big boy yet, and I was worried about large shells being too hard for him to crunch down.

Is it normal for chams to not like roaches? Then again… it’s a new bug, so maybe I should just give it time?

 

[LizardLurkin]

The thing about dubias is they like to retreat into a corner and then not move. Some people introduce roaches by adding a lot to their cup so there's more movement, which is attractive to chameleons. It took my guy over a week to finally come around to them. I honestly think they're one of his favorite feeders because of the little crunch! He singles them out during cup feeding.

Of course, if you have more attractive bugs in the cup, Rango will likely just pick out what he knows he likes. I would try cup feeding with several roaches in the cup and see what happens. Since he did get one, I believe he'll earn the taste. People compare them to the broccoli of feeders, and that the chameleon is like a child trying to avoid it lol

 

[BleuSaphir]

My Veiled chameleon LOVED Dubias roaches in the beginning. But when he got bigger , he seemed to completely lost interest for crickets and superworms. He loathe hornworms. But now it reversal. He LOVES hornworms and Dubia roaches. But the roaches have to make a lot of movement to get him interested. Nothing comes close to crickets and locust though. That is my veiled absolute favorite. Those DO NOT have to many any movement either. LOL
I would buy the feeder bug that allow the roaches to climb.

And also the smaller size roaches. Maybe it too large.