Feeding Question

rotarhead

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Haven't been on here for a while but I'm happy to say that following everything I've read on here has so far kept me with a happy healthy juvenile veiled chameleon. Moe has been through at least three, maybe four sheds so far and each one reveals even sharper coloring. He's going to be a looker (in my opinion) when he reaches maturity. I do have one question though.

How many medium/large crickets should he be eating a day? He is approximately 7 inches right now minus the tail. As of now he get's 8 to 10 crickets but he gobbles them up in no time at all and wonders the cage searching for more. It has gotten to the point now that he will run up to me when I have the crickets still in thier shipping box and will eat them right out of the plastic container while I'm holding it. He will eat all eight within a matter of a minute or two if I allow him to. The thing is that he acts like I'm starving him yet I thought that number of crickets for his size are more than enough and to me, his belly shows that. Should he be getting more? Thanks.
 
Not too sure really. I bought him from PetSmart instead of a breeder, which is a bad thing on my part. Lucky for me he is healthy. I was estimating him to be about two months in February so maybe 5 or 6 months now? Kind of hard when I'm not sure when he was born and am basing it off of his length.
 
Depending on the size of the crickets, which you state are med/large then I would feed him about a dozen a day if he is about 6 months old. That is must my opinion and you are not that far off with what you are feeding. Throw a few worms in as treats too!
 
I tried butter worms and silks but they seem to go to waste as he goes on hunger strikes if I don't feed him crickets. If I throw a few in with the crickets they are completely ignored.
 
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