elissameck
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My teen daughter has just inherited a male veiled chameleon around 1 year old from a friend who is moving overseas. He comes with a UV light, heat light, dripper, screened cage 18x18x36” and various vitamin powders, spray mister, etc. She’s been given instructions from her friend and feels pretty comfortable about it all. I am quite worried that we’re not really prepared. Her friend has taken care of him since getting him as a baby (last May) but certainly isn’t an expert.
She has been feeding him 4-5 crickets 2x daily (morning and afternoon). She only buys the small crickets as they don’t make noise. We would like to do the same as we live in a small flat so the box of crickets is under the cham’s table in my daughter’s bedroom.
But it seems to me from my brief reading that perhaps this isn’t what is expected for an older cham, and we think he’s just about 1 year old.
Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on whether we can continue in this manner successfully? We’re also giving him some small diced bits of fruits/veggies using a list we found online about what’s safe. So far he has enjoyed some grape and cucumber but seems uninterested in carrots.
We have to go quite far from where we live to get insects, so hoping to only have to go purchase small crickets once monthly or so, and she has done that successfully by feeding them on slices of carrot and pieces of dog kibble and keeping them in a plastic bin with appropriate holes for air movement.
Appreciate any advice on this or anything else we should know! Thanks so much!
She has been feeding him 4-5 crickets 2x daily (morning and afternoon). She only buys the small crickets as they don’t make noise. We would like to do the same as we live in a small flat so the box of crickets is under the cham’s table in my daughter’s bedroom.
But it seems to me from my brief reading that perhaps this isn’t what is expected for an older cham, and we think he’s just about 1 year old.
Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on whether we can continue in this manner successfully? We’re also giving him some small diced bits of fruits/veggies using a list we found online about what’s safe. So far he has enjoyed some grape and cucumber but seems uninterested in carrots.
We have to go quite far from where we live to get insects, so hoping to only have to go purchase small crickets once monthly or so, and she has done that successfully by feeding them on slices of carrot and pieces of dog kibble and keeping them in a plastic bin with appropriate holes for air movement.
Appreciate any advice on this or anything else we should know! Thanks so much!