Hey everybody! I'm very new here, and I was searching for some tips on feeding my new chameleon!
I just got a juvenile veiled chameleon 2 days ago, and his name is Hue
I have read everywhere to give him a constant supply of food, so I constantly put mealworms in his food dish and theres a couple pieces of collard greens in there as well. I also gave him four small crickets yesterday, all dusted with calcium powder, but I don't think he ate all of them. Granted, I just threw them in there, and he's still pretty young. However, I was wondering if I'm supposed to feed him crickets everyday? I'll put calcium powder on there every other day but does he always need crickets? I haven't been able to find this anywhere. Thank you guys!
Also, since we got him, he hasn't moved too much and he turns an ugly greenish brown when you put food in his cage and when I turn his lights on in the morning. Is this normal behavior? Is he just adjusting or am I doing something wrong? I was able to ALMOST hand feed him a mealworm yesterday. He turned bright green and lowered his head toward it and opened his mouth, but then my brother moved in the room and he backed away.
I appreciate all of your help guys! I'm very excited to start this new journey with my cham!!
I just got a juvenile veiled chameleon 2 days ago, and his name is Hue
I have read everywhere to give him a constant supply of food, so I constantly put mealworms in his food dish and theres a couple pieces of collard greens in there as well. I also gave him four small crickets yesterday, all dusted with calcium powder, but I don't think he ate all of them. Granted, I just threw them in there, and he's still pretty young. However, I was wondering if I'm supposed to feed him crickets everyday? I'll put calcium powder on there every other day but does he always need crickets? I haven't been able to find this anywhere. Thank you guys!
Also, since we got him, he hasn't moved too much and he turns an ugly greenish brown when you put food in his cage and when I turn his lights on in the morning. Is this normal behavior? Is he just adjusting or am I doing something wrong? I was able to ALMOST hand feed him a mealworm yesterday. He turned bright green and lowered his head toward it and opened his mouth, but then my brother moved in the room and he backed away.
I appreciate all of your help guys! I'm very excited to start this new journey with my cham!!