Is this safe to feed?

[BCam]

Can't tell if this is a grasshopper or what...but I am trying to get my Jackson to eat and was hoping I could feed it to him. I don't live near any pesticides or the city. Caught him in my garden upstate NY.

He ate three flies I caught outside, after almost two weeks of eating nothing.

Does anyone know what this is and if it is safe? It's about an 1.5 inches long.

 

[Extensionofgreen]

Safe, but avoid feeding wild caught flies as they are associated with animals waste, corpses, and garbage, none of which is desirable for a chameleon. You can order blue bottle pupae from several online sources that will stimulate the chameleon to eat and not potentially carry harmful contaminates.

 

[BCam]

Thanks!

Good to know about the flies. I had kept them for 24 hours and fed them dandelion greens, hoping that any bad bacteria or persticides would kill them over 24 hours. But they all survived so I figured they were safe.

Must have mis-read that about testing wild caught bugs. I'll order some flies now that I know he'll eat them.

He still refuses every other feeder I've tried:
Dubai, crickets, silkworms, moths, mealworms. Only superworms and flies so far. I thought he'd for sure like silkworms but he hasn't touch led one after buying a bunch earlier this week.

 

[CharlieCharmingo]

Did you try wax worms and hornworms?

 

[Crashbandit05]

My panther loves grasshoppers, I collect them from my in-laws organic garden waaay out in the country.

 

[BCam]

Yeah I've tried hornworms and waxworms too. He ate one hornworm two weeks ago. Won't bother with any other worms though and he's super lethargic.