Shoeless Joe
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I have a Jackson Chameleon that eats around two to three crickets a day. I used gutted crickets of medium size and he loves them. But he refuses to eat them if they have D3
Jackson Chameleon won't eat crickets with D3
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Bush baby
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I hope you are only offering him D3 once....no more than twice a month...?
Jacksons don't require a whole lot of D3. They're primarily found in cloud forests that get a minimal amount of sunlight through the tree canopies. That, and the fact that they are very sensitive to supplementation are the reasons why I only give my Jackson's D3 during the winter months here in Maryland (between November-March) when it's way too cold to leave him outside for an hour of natural sunlight, and I only give him Calcium w/D3 ONCE A MONTH.
In your case, I would rely more on making sure you have a good UV bulb at all times, and/or dusting one of his OTHER feeders with D3 i.e superworm, wax worm, butterworm, roaches, etc. He may just not like the powder on crickets but may take it on some other feeder. The only feeder I dust are superworms, which I give him twice a week. I use them to make sure he's getting his calcium supplement, but also once a month I use them to give him D3 and multivitamins. Superworms are his favorite food item after snails, so he goes for them immediately before the dust can rub off.
Try this, and/or take him outside for at least an hour of sunlight once or twice a week.
Jacksons don't require a whole lot of D3. They're primarily found in cloud forests that get a minimal amount of sunlight through the tree canopies. That, and the fact that they are very sensitive to supplementation are the reasons why I only give my Jackson's D3 during the winter months here in Maryland (between November-March) when it's way too cold to leave him outside for an hour of natural sunlight, and I only give him Calcium w/D3 ONCE A MONTH.
In your case, I would rely more on making sure you have a good UV bulb at all times, and/or dusting one of his OTHER feeders with D3 i.e superworm, wax worm, butterworm, roaches, etc. He may just not like the powder on crickets but may take it on some other feeder. The only feeder I dust are superworms, which I give him twice a week. I use them to make sure he's getting his calcium supplement, but also once a month I use them to give him D3 and multivitamins. Superworms are his favorite food item after snails, so he goes for them immediately before the dust can rub off.
Try this, and/or take him outside for at least an hour of sunlight once or twice a week.
Do you have a problem with regular calcium powder? If calcium powder is a problem, you can use black soldier fly larvae (no dusting needed) for calcium, then you only need to worry about the D3 twice a month. You could try reptivite with d3 if its the calcium powder that he/she doesn't like.
I have read that some people only dip the end of a cricket or two a day into powder and that's all the calcium they need. not sure if that is enough D3 or not but some D3 is better than none at all.
You could also try letting the crickets crawl through the powder so its only on the bottom of the bugs.
I have read that some people only dip the end of a cricket or two a day into powder and that's all the calcium they need. not sure if that is enough D3 or not but some D3 is better than none at all.
You could also try letting the crickets crawl through the powder so its only on the bottom of the bugs.
