Good thing or bad thing?

[sibeers]

Recently I've noticed that my juvenile veiled has become accustomed to me opening the screen and getting ready to feed her and she will follow my fingers even if I don't have a cricket in them.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing that she seems to be "trained" to expect food like that?

I only ask because it was rare for her to eat from my hands and now she wants to do it all the time.

 

[jannb]

I think it's a good thing. She likes you because you give her food.

 

[Lovereps]

Seems like a good thing to me.
It's nice that she's attracted to you--even if it's only because she associates you with food.
Plenty of people here will surely envy you

 

[InGoodHands]

I envy you

 

[hallenhe]

Mine first learned to accept me through bribes of food, and it's been a very good thing, both for the chance of interaction and because it makes it easier to bring him outside for sun, medicate him when needed, etc.

 

[sandrachameleon]

Id say that is mostly a good thing. She is making an understandable association between you and food. She is presumably a good eater so you wont likely have to worry about underfeeding/hunger strikes.

You could tell us how much you are feeding her, if you are concerned she is perhaps not getting enough.

It may feel less of a good thing if she tries to eat your fingers, finger nails, rings, hands, clothing buttons, your moving eyeball....

 

[sibeers]

I try to get about 5-7 in there a day.

I don't know if she does this because she is underfed. Is that enough per day?

 

[Eltortu]

My male chameleon only eats from my hand. My female chases her food all around her cage.

 

[sandrachameleon]

I try to get about 5-7 in there a day.
I don't know if she does this because she is underfed. Is that enough per day?

5-7 what per day? small crickets, large crickets, small silkworms, large silkworms, big or small roaches.... ???
how old is she?
How much does she weigh? is her weight going down?

 

[sibeers]

I buy what the pet store says are large crickets but they vary.

I've had Linda for 3 months but I don't know how old she was when I got her. She's still relatively small and I've never weighed her before but she looks healthy to me. I haven't noticed any drop in her weight. Only that she seems really eager to eat even when I open the door to her cage.

 

[pssh]

It could be because I'm on my phone, but has her tail always looked like that? It looks weird to me... In the broken kind of way.