Fruits? Vegetables?

[Syn]

My veiled is 4-6mo. and totally uninterested in anything that doesn't move.

I just can't seem to get him to even TRY to LOOK at fruits and vegetables.

Should I turn a grape into a fake cricket and jiggle it around?

How do you present the fruits/vegetables to them?

Maybe I should market grape-flavored crickets... mmmm.

 

[kylerenz]

I am not a veiled expert so excuse my question but is it necessary for your veiled to eat fruits and veggies. Couldn't you just gut load your feeders with the things you want your veiled to have?

 

[Syn]

Yes, you can, but it just gets to be a HUUUUUUGE mess sometimes.

 

[kylerenz]

I give my crickets and dubias tons of leafy greens and lots of citrus fruits and it seems to be successful. I have happy healthy chams. I also use a dry gut load but you get the picture

 

[Syn]

I use sandrachameleon's birdie/cricket bread. The crickets rip it apart and it's all over the place by the time they're done.

 

[kylerenz]

I put my stuff in bowls so that it stays fairly contained. The bowls have rough sides so that the crickets can easily climb them. I find it works way better as far as keeping the cricket keeper clean.

 

[Syn]

I'm afraid we don't have any "rough sided" bowls.

 

[zelink14]

Young veileds are mostly only interested in being carnivorous because they grow so fast. For now I'd just gutload your feeders with what you want him to get. Wait until he's an adult, then try offering it directly.

I'm going through the same thing. Mine pretty much only like crickets and won't touch the mealworms. He's only eaten the occasional waxworm.

 

[Syn]

Gotcha. Thanks.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Eventually your vieled will likely become more interested in veg.

Glad the bug bread worked out for you!
remember to still include fresh veg in the cricket diet.

if you cup feed part of the time, the cham might start to associate anything in the cup with food, be it bug or veg

 

[Syn]

I will try cup feeding (just kind of scared because there are so many places the cricket could hide if he got out - and it's in my bedroom!) and of course we still give the crix carrots etc. as well.

 

[zelink14]

I will try cup feeding (just kind of scared because there are so many places the cricket could hide if he got out - and it's in my bedroom!) and of course we still give the crix carrots etc. as well.

If you're using a plastic cup, as long as they can't grip the sides and it's tall enough that they can't jump out you should be fine.

Recently when preparing crickets in my kitchen unbeknownst to me they were able to grip the sides of the cup because of residual powder, and they were crawling out everywhere! Just barely avoided having them in all over my kitchen! lol So be sure to clean the walls, or replace the cup!

 

[Syn]

yum yum yum cricket soup.

Will do, thanks!

 

[nightcrawler]

my mom would find crickets all over my house and i was wondering how they were getting out so i had to take a good long look at it. first let me explain my cricket box. its two 29 gal tubs and one has the bottom cut out and is replaced with screen. then the screen one is put inside the other so that the poop just falls down. turns out that these containers suck and with the curved edges the crickets could get out into the second one and shimmy their way up to the other and hop out. they got out no matter how much hotglue and duckt tape i used. now i use just one huge thing and its good.

also more on topic, my chameleon loves strawberries. he didnt start likeing them till he was about 8 months or so and he went threw a phase where he would eat collards all the time now he doesnt eat them at all. but try giving him small pieces of red fruit. mine likes the color red.

 

[Syn]

Mine dislikes the color orange and red for some reasons. No carrots for him! I'd watch the strawberry intake - it's high in sugar I believe.

 

[nightcrawler]

i no its a very often thing, its just a special treat every now and then. thank you tho.

 

[chameleon97]

i just put anything in my palm and my juvi goes nuts. lol bugs, veggies, chocolate (jk i would never. NOBODY EATS MY CANDY) etc... i just wiggle it around a lil

 

[Syn]

I'm glad my chameleon doesn't eat anything in my hands, he might want to eat my fingers!