Little Bit of Blood in Poop??
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caseywagz
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Yes a veiled, no fake plants in the cage, crickets and a small variety of fruits and veggies, and his fecal matter looked normal; except I seem to have found a small piece of blue fertilizer from the plant that is in his cage. Sometimes he goes down and eats the soil, which I am guessing isn't the healthiest.
So you will want to cover the soil with 1 inch or larger rocks. He could be ingesting stuff that will be much harder to pass and you do not want him eating the fertilizer beads.
He should not get anything but insects. Their bodies are not made to eat veg or fruit the way others reptiles are. Instead gutload your feeders with the veg and fruit.
Here is an image on gutload for your insects.
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NashansCamos
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good move. Same here
Do you know of a study on this?
Chameleomom
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Baby chameleons eat pinhead crickets to start out....curious now 
Deejay
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Hi, I have concluded this from my studies based on things like a cricket's back legs can cause damage to chameleon's mouth which is really just the other end of an anus. Here is the citing: http://mountainviewvet.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/CARING-FOR-YOUR-CHAMELEON
ps. I don't think pin head crickets have the same barbs as crickets at the mating age. So all in all, discretion has to be used for the exception of the rule.
ps. I don't think pin head crickets have the same barbs as crickets at the mating age. So all in all, discretion has to be used for the exception of the rule.
I've used crickets as the staple diet for 30 years and I only remember three prolapses....one came to me having previously prolapsed and the owners never told me....one was overfed constantly...one had gout and for some reason the gout made him prolapse a hemipene.
If there's a paper proving that crickets cause prolapses, I'd like to read it because I'm always interested in new information. I'm always trying to learn more.
If there's a paper proving that crickets cause prolapses, I'd like to read it because I'm always interested in new information. I'm always trying to learn more.
