summerseeking
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I’m using @Beman ‘s blog post to working on trust with my pair but we are starting out a little unorthodox and I could use some feedback…I’ll explain
My Chams are 4 and 5 months, both were raised free range feeding, I’m adjusting them to bowl feeding along with free range. My girl is eating from the bowl. My boy is still adjusting. He is used to being handled by the breeder. I handle him semi-daily for 30 minutes to feed him. He eats from my hand…basically from anywhere I put the food lol…I just want to make sure he eating. My girl will also eat from my hand if I’m handling her. They only eat from my hand if I’m handling them.
Now that my girl is eating well from the bowl and free range, I’ve gone back to the slow approach with her with no handling until she is ready.
I know my feeding approach is unorthodox. Their main feeders are BSF larvae and they all fall to the bioactive bottom and easily hide without a cup. I don’t want them to have any encouragement to go for food in the substrate or to eat the substrate. Their other feeders are dubias and silkworms, these are fine free roaming.
I know this is a lot of info, I’ll get to my actual question(s) lol. I read a comment in another post about taming where someone said they tamed their Chams by handling them to bring them outside each day. Eventually they associated them with outside and started climbing on his hand willingly. I’m a nobbie so I can’t tell if he was joking or not . My first instinct was to think he was joking but idk. Any thought on this?
I know with bearded dragons folks recommend handling them until they get used to it, and also Chams are NOT beardies lol.
Also, is it weird they will eat from my hand while I’m handling but not when I’m not? In a 30 min window they will eat at least 5 silkworms/BSF larvae/dubias.
Just curious for y’all thoughts. I know each Cham is different.
My Chams are 4 and 5 months, both were raised free range feeding, I’m adjusting them to bowl feeding along with free range. My girl is eating from the bowl. My boy is still adjusting. He is used to being handled by the breeder. I handle him semi-daily for 30 minutes to feed him. He eats from my hand…basically from anywhere I put the food lol…I just want to make sure he eating. My girl will also eat from my hand if I’m handling her. They only eat from my hand if I’m handling them.
Now that my girl is eating well from the bowl and free range, I’ve gone back to the slow approach with her with no handling until she is ready.
I know my feeding approach is unorthodox. Their main feeders are BSF larvae and they all fall to the bioactive bottom and easily hide without a cup. I don’t want them to have any encouragement to go for food in the substrate or to eat the substrate. Their other feeders are dubias and silkworms, these are fine free roaming.
I know this is a lot of info, I’ll get to my actual question(s) lol. I read a comment in another post about taming where someone said they tamed their Chams by handling them to bring them outside each day. Eventually they associated them with outside and started climbing on his hand willingly. I’m a nobbie so I can’t tell if he was joking or not . My first instinct was to think he was joking but idk. Any thought on this?
I know with bearded dragons folks recommend handling them until they get used to it, and also Chams are NOT beardies lol.
Also, is it weird they will eat from my hand while I’m handling but not when I’m not? In a 30 min window they will eat at least 5 silkworms/BSF larvae/dubias.
Just curious for y’all thoughts. I know each Cham is different.