free range feeding ?

[ollygatorsnapper]

hello everyone, i have a question on feeders that i can find that cant escape a square half inch mesh. the only thing i can think of is dubias, but my cham doesnt seem to want to touch them, i really want to try to get around the changing of the mesh, any suggestions? thanks!!!!

 

[d3s5]

Well, silkworms could get through the mesh, but they really don't go anywhere. Just stick them where you want them in the enclosure. Unless your cham eats them or they fall, they will stay put.

 

[jannb]

Cup feed. I free range my chameleons and cup feed, bowl feed or hand feed all the feeders.

 

[OrangeCrush]

I would have to say try cup feeding. Fill the cup up and show the cup to him and let him see the food in there. I found cup feeding works best when u place the cup tilted downward so he can see inside the cup better

 

[Psychodrake]

Honestly, locusts will probably just sit under the basking lamp near the Chameleon. I've never had trouble with them escaping before being eaten. Dubia's are fine to handle, they're very gentle insects really, just a bit fast at times.

Cup feeding/hand feeding is the best option. And also Silkworms, they're possibly the best insect ever, it's like they come trained to be eaten (They sit still but wiggle their heads around for the Chameleon to notice).

 

[DavidBuchan]

Honestly, locusts will probably just sit under the basking lamp near the Chameleon. I've never had trouble with them escaping before being eaten. Dubia's are fine to handle, they're very gentle insects really, just a bit fast at times.

Cup feeding/hand feeding is the best option. And also Silkworms, they're possibly the best insect ever, it's like they come trained to be eaten (They sit still but wiggle their heads around for the Chameleon to notice).

Agreed. 100% If you want to free range feed, without anything getting out then locusts are the best bet. Get a thinner mesh, man - then you can use flies! Hella fun......

 

[Psychodrake]

Also, make sure you don't put too many in free-range, it's much harder to know IF they've escaped or been eaten if you put in loads of insects. I tend to put a medium sized locust in to climb around, 2-3 brown crickets, sometimes I'll use silkworms or butterworms instead of the locust and crickets and the rest are cup-feed (Crickets, mealworms, dubia's, calci-worms). Worms are very easy to keep tabs on, they're either at the top on the vines/leaves or they've fallen to the bottom/been eaten.

 

[DavidBuchan]

Also, make sure you don't put too many in free-range, it's much harder to know IF they've escaped or been eaten if you put in loads of insects. I tend to put a medium sized locust in to climb around, 2-3 brown crickets, sometimes I'll use silkworms or butterworms instead of the locust and crickets and the rest are cup-feed (Crickets, mealworms, dubia's, calci-worms). Worms are very easy to keep tabs on, they're either at the top on the vines/leaves or they've fallen to the bottom/been eaten.

Another good point - you don't want to see what happens to your plants in only a day or two if locusts don't light his fire that day................

 

[Psychodrake]

My poor Hibiscus never did manage to flower when I put in 4 locusts.