Feeding and Vitamins For Panther

[andynco]

Ok so I just go my panther last saturday and I have been feeding him 5-8 crickets a day should I give him more? I am switching to dubia roaches soon.
And have give him one dusting of d-3 the zoomed kind.
Whats the best and needed dusts?
And how often do I dust these?

Thanks for your help,
Andy Masters

 

[Lathelia]

How old is your cham?
Recommended dusting is:
plain calcium every feeding
calcium with d3 twice a month
multivitamin twice a month
You don't have to feed only crix or only dubias, it's better to have variety in their diet. I would add something else then just crickets and dubia.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Ok so I just go my panther last saturday and I have been feeding him 5-8 crickets a day should I give him more? I am switching to dubia roaches soon.
And have give him one dusting of d-3 the zoomed kind.
Whats the best and needed dusts?
And how often do I dust these?

Thanks for your help,
Andy Masters

Congrats on the new panther! Let's see a picture

How old is he?

It will be good when you add dubias along with crickets and a few other choices of prey - variety is important.
Here is a link to a list of various feeder options and info about each: https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html

Crickets (but not all types of feeders) usually need to be dusted with a vitmain and phosphorous free calcium powder.
You can use the Zoo-med one with D3 two or three times a month (I am assuming your chameleon is under UVB lighting, doesnt spend a lot of time outside in natural light, and that you are not gutloading with a lot of D)

MOre info on supplements:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/174-whats-supplements-brand.html

How often you need a vitamin powder will depend on how you gutload and what types of prey you offer. Do you know about gutloading?
more info:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/75-feeder-nutrition-gutloading.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/443-superworm-substrate-gutload-one.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/697-dry-gutload-mix-august-2012.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/659-green-leafy-goodness-gutloading.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...just-crickets-roaches-gutload-everything.html

Here are some links to really useful information, valuable for new chameleon owners:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/ryan-jarosek/119-new-arrival-bringing-home.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/syn/226-frequently-asked-questions.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/frequently-asked-questions-71620/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...hameleons.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/74-feeders.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/92-hydration-importance.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/olimpia/573-chameleon-physiology-supplements.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/65-supplements.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/75-feeder-nutrition-gutloading.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blo...just-crickets-roaches-gutload-everything.html
http://www.chameleonnews.com/
http://www.chameleonsonline.com/
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs/sandrachameleon/662-temperature.html
https://www.chameleonforums.com/frequently-asked-questions-71620/#post668826

 

[andynco]

He's 2 years old I got him him a vet-tech who has had him since birth.
He was under uvb light till I broke on the way home, I am going to get new one this weekend, It would have be sooner But I had a plane to catch. My dad is taking care of him in the corner of his office where he works all day lol. I am not just go to feed crickets or dubia I will mix in super, meal, horn, wax, and silks worms. What else can I add in to this????
The vet-tech was giving him all those dusts. All I have right now is calcium with d-3 and repti-vita both by zoomed and trial size. I just wanted to know which dust to get cause there's so many.