Eating too much a bad thing?

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poolex5

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I have 5-6 month old Panther chameleon. The last few days he has been eating a ton. Today he ate about 20 small dubia roaches and 2 super worms. I've read that you let juveniles eat as much as they want. However, that seems to be alot. Is this a problem?
 
I think it's fine for a Cham of that age to eat that much. He may be having a growth spurt. I believe they slow down once adults. Kath.
 
well, I feed my baby cham 10 crickets a day. I feel like he might be able to eat more, but I always thought overfeeding would be bad so id limit him. Is THAT a bad thing? When do I know to stop if I just keep feading him more. I hand feed as my mesh is too large and crickets will escape, so dumping a bunch in and letting him eat as much as he wants is not an option. Thnaks in advance
 
Thanks for the replies. Also, I should stop feeding him around mid day so that he has time to digest the food by lights out, correct?
 
kevbek said:
well, I feed my baby cham 10 crickets a day. I feel like he might be able to eat more, but I always thought overfeeding would be bad so id limit him. Is THAT a bad thing? When do I know to stop if I just keep feading him more. I hand feed as my mesh is too large and crickets will escape, so dumping a bunch in and letting him eat as much as he wants is not an option. Thnaks in advance
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babies have to eat as much as they can, at least twice a day.

try cup feeding.
 
kevbek said:
twice a day would require one being in the morning and one at night. wouldn't that be bad as theyd digest at night?
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No, twice a day could also mean one in the morning at say 8 am, and one again at say 1 PM, if lights go off at lets say 6 PM.
 
camimom said:
No, twice a day could also mean one in the morning at say 8 am, and one again at say 1 PM, if lights go off at lets say 6 PM.
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sorry for misunderstanding. I know that would be ideal, but I meant if schedule doesn't match up. If I make one of those milk cup feeder thingies, would I just put the full days supply in there?
 
I have his light schedule set for 6-6. I feed him around 6:30 and put around 15 small roaches in his cup. Until lately, he would still have 1 or 2 left at the end of the day. The last couple of days, all 15 are gone by 9:00 or so. I add 5-6 more and he eats those by noon. Today I gave him a couple of super worms because he was still looking in the cup around 1:00. With his lights going out at 6:00, I didn't want to keep feeding him into the afternoon. Tomorrow, I'll put 20 or 25 roaches in his cup in the morning and see how that goes.
 
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