Limiting food intake

[Lamour]

My male veiled is around 6-8 months i think, ill put up a pic of him cause I don't know how old he is and he ate like 25 crickets yesterday! Is it ok to give him this many everyday since he is growing or should I limit his intake to like 10 a day or something?

 

[richpass6]

he is at an age where you should limit his cricket intake to 10-12 crickets a day. also make sure the crickets are appropriate size...not to small but most importantly make sure they aren't larger than what he could handle.

 

[Lamour]

Ok thanks! I feel bad he always goes and looks in his feeding cup throughout the day for more food, I don't want to make him fat though.

 

[reefercheefer]

I try to get my chams (especially my females) as much food as they like to try to get them as buff as possible. Ive never had a cham or any lizard or any animal i ever owned die from over feeding.

 

[maxttu]

"Typically" they wont eat if they're not hungry. He looks nice and healthy in the pic. You can try cutting back a lil, but if he's eating what you offer then I don't see a problem. (IMHO) Are you offering assorted feeders or just crix?

 

[Lamour]

Just crickets, i know he should get other stuff too

I don't think I can keep roaches in the house, nor do I have money and space to keep them. I've given him a mealworm before and he ate it though. How would I keep worms and feed them to him? I know those can be unhealthy if he is fed a lot of worms, would I just give him like 1 or 2 every other feeding?

 

[AngieL]

You should try silk worms or hornworms depending on if u are uk or us. They're ok to feed all the time. Mealworms are like a once a month treat if at all

 

[maxttu]

Just crickets, i know he should get other stuff too

I don't think I can keep roaches in the house, nor do I have money and space to keep them. I've given him a mealworm before and he ate it though. How would I keep worms and feed them to him? I know those can be unhealthy if he is fed a lot of worms, would I just give him like 1 or 2 every other feeding?

If you could keep dubia and you cham would eat them, this would actually cost you less $$ in the long run. They breed like crazy! No smell, can't climb, etc, etc, etc...Space shouldn't really be an issue. One container and you're good to go.

Mealworms are normally kept to a minimum. Chams can get addicted to them easily and they're not as nutritious as other feeders. Their skin is also hard to digest. Supers are a lil better, if gutloaded adequately...

 

[ataraxia]

Feed the little piggy! I never limit feeders to a male or female unless they are overweight.

 

[Zubi]

how can you tell when theyre overweight

 

[ASublimeDay]

Starting up a colony of Dubia cost me about $35 (food, 100 assorted size dubia), which means I'll be profiting after about a month. Use a home depot bucket ($5) and a cheap-o heating pad under it. You dont even need to use the lid as they never can climb out of that, but I replaced the center of the lid with screen and leave it on for the fiance's peace of mind.