Hand feeding

[christinecollins87]

Trice just start eating meal-worms from my head yesterday. I know with some reptile you can't give them to many meal-worms because there to high in protein and can cause damage in there liver.So how many is a safe number for him?

He is a Jackson Chameleon. His age is one year and four months

 

[nightanole]

A few a week tops. They should be classified as "candy" and given as a treat, and never in the food bowl.

 

[christinecollins87]

Thank you it is the most amazing thing when he eats out of my hand

 

[Psychobunny]

You can try hand feeding some silkies, they are a much healthier food (Noogie refuses to eat them, but Smeagol lovel them).

They are great for hand feeding as they are soft and dont move around much

 

[nightanole]

In other news on the joys of hand feeding, my ousl is 1/4 adult weight, and when his misses, he can drag the 1 gallon cut up ice cream tub about 3" across the floor. Im alittle worried about hand feeding a full grown one

 

[christinecollins87]

WOW that is really strong!!! what are silkies and were do it get them