how many should he be eating

[yonark]

hi, my veiled cham norbit is 4months old, how many crickets or locust etc should he be eating daily. i am also dusting them with calcium mon to fri and giving him vits and minerals sat and sun, is this ok

 

[adam]

what type of calcium is it? you need to use cal w/o d3 daily and w/ d3 twice a month. you only need to supplement vitamins twice a month also. i have a 4 month old male and he eats around 8-10 small-medium sized crickets a day.

 

[chameleo7272]

ya whut he said
but when he gets older he will eat like 10 large a day, unless you catch grass hoppers an inch ling, mine eats like 3 of those

 

[pssh]

A baby should eat about 8-10 appropriate sized crickets a day (or equivalent of) dusted lightly with calcium w/o d3 4-5 days a week. The vitamins only need to be used twice a month, the calcium with D3 will depend on the brand.

 

[yonark]

thanks for the advice, i will cut back his vits and min to twice a month, i give him calcium without d3 daily but haven't given him with d3 as yet. he is eating around 10 bugs a day but i thought he should have been eating more

 

[pssh]

10 a day is perfect. Rep-cal brand calcium should be used twice a month, and minerall should be used 4-6 times a month. Nutribol should be carefully used because it has vit. A in it, which chameleons can overdose on.