how to feed chameleons fruit.

[ken2414]

i have a six month old veiled chameleon and i wanted to know how to feed him greens like grapes. how do I get him interested in them? I have a bunch a grapes so any tips would be appreciated.

 

[mika]

I dunno about grapes, never tried it but I did try strawberry 3 days ago,

My veiled is cup fed so I got a very thin slice of strawberry then cut it into little pieces, put it in the cup & he ate all of it.

I couldn't believe it. This is the first time I gave him fruit.

I woudn't make it a staple though.

http://www.beautifuldragons.503xtreme.com/Nutrition.html

 

[Nicodemayo]

I feed my veiled collard greens and apples straight out of my fingers but every cham is different. Whatever fruit you end up feeding off, slice them like a chip

 

[mika]

I feed my veiled collard greens

I'll have to try that

 

[Nicodemayo]

I'll have to try that

greens are great for them but they're very high is vitamin A and to much can be harmful to them.

 

[mika]

greens are great for them but they're very high is vitamin A and to much can be harmful to them.

I think you're talking about the preformed vit a in supplements

The vit A in collard greens is beta carotene which the cham can't overdose on & is debatable on whether they can use it at all:

See the links on this thread: https://www.chameleonforums.com/supplementing-retinyl-palmitate-vitamin-12211/

Specially the response made by Jim Flaherty from the Chameleon Company

Collard Green is considered a staple because it is high in calcium and moderate on oxalates.

Ref: http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=138

In terms of conventional nutrients, our food ranking system qualified collard greens as an excellent, very good or good source of the three main antioxidants in foods, vitamin C, vitamin E, and vitamin A (through its concentration of pro-vitamin A carotenoids like beta-carotene). While water-soluble vitamin C protects all aqueous environments both inside and outside cells, the fat-soluble antioxidants, vitamin E and beta-carotene (which is converted in the body to vitamin A), cover all fat-containing molecules and structures. Together, these antioxidants seek out and disarm free radicals, which would otherwise cause significant damage to life-sustaining molecules such as enzymes, as well as to cellular membranes, mitochondria and DNA.

 

[Billyjack187]

I did strawberries several times, just pegged it on a branch, the crickets swarmed to it and he in turn gobbled them up. I usually chop up stuff into fine mini-french fry style and place them on his vines...sometimes he grubs em...sometimes not.

 

[dodolah]

try to put some veggies (slice it thinly so he won't choke on it) in the cup with crickets.
As soon as he shoots, he's bound to hit some veggies. once, he know the taste, he might actually go for 2nd.

Good luck though. My veiled has never like eating fruits and veggies no matter how hard i try.