hand feeding?

[Lunatic913]

my charm zeus is sick from mbd..i need to know he eats so i must now hand feed him until he can recover. should i open his mouth and drop one in. or is that too forceful? any techniques or advice would be appreciated. i am goin to try to feed him crickets, meal worms and wax worms

 

[westcoastchameleons]

where should i start, one of my chams. eats right out of my palm(by of course shooting his tongue out).cham. 2 wont eat from my hand at all, so im forced to put the worms on a branch and walk away.cham. 3 will open his mouth and put his tongue out til i drop the worm on it.

I wont bother explaining the rest.

 

[ChameleonsTree]

if holding the insects for him doesn't work there is a liquid food you can buy for him

 

[Brad]

Adcham has a recipe that you may want to try: bug juice recipe.

 

[Lunatic913]

aw man u guys are a life saver...so that recipe.. has any of u used it?

 

[ChameleonsTree]

i've just used repti-aid for insectivores before

 

[Lunatic913]

do u use any one of the three liquids or a mixture of all three of them in small portions....sorry for asking so many questions. i just want to be sure. i want zeus to make it

 

[Heika]

I have used the adcham recipe. My panther got sick a while back, and was force fed that recipe for almost a month. There is also some stuff you can get from your vet.. a liquid feeder for sick birds. It works really well also, but you have to have a prescription for it. I was told by an excellent exotics vet that Fluker's Repta-Aid is a close second to it. If you deside to buy some, make sure you get the insectivore formula.

Heika

 

[Lunatic913]

what i did instead was i bought gerber baby food..i got veal because its high in protein.