Hand feeding

[ken2414]

I have a baby veiled about 3 months old and i want to start hand feeding him any suggestions to get him to feed from my hand??

 

[Kent67]

Hold still.

 

[ken2414]

I do that and he never comes back

 

[Justin Carl]

Put a criket in your hand and let him eat it. lol
No, just hold the cricket by his back legs and let him eat it.
Dont move fast or move towards him. Let him come to you.

 

[Kent67]

Well, some animals may never be comfortable with it. Try when you know he should be hungry and move very slowly as you approach. It might help to hold a cricket's back legs and let it grasp a branch or leaf so that he doesn't totally feel like he's taking it off you. If the insect remains very still, you can pinch them a little to make them move which should attract the chameleon's eyes as well.

 

[ken2414]

ill try later but after a while of sitting there it gets annoying while he eyeballs you and your holding the cricket there

 

[Dylan Dutz]

Mine did it the first time I tried, but she is very well tempered. All I do is hold the cricket by the back of it, and just put my hand in her cage very slowly. Then I put it by her, and she gets it.

 

[Sepioteuthis]

What helps is to let the cricket 'walk' on a leaf or branch while you hold it by its hind legs. That will usually get the chameleon's attention. Once he's accepting food that way you can try just holding a cricket up again.
Also don't hold the cricket too close to the chameleon at first and stand off to the side so the chameleon isn't looking at your face when looking at the chameleon, if you know what I mean.

Success!

 

[tryme]

mines really scared of me still if i put my hand near him he backs away he looks at the food for a while but doesn't approach