locus question!!!!

[mjdunkin]

Today i bought some small locus for my 2 and a half month old yemen chameleon and he is crazy for them and as soon as you put them in he eats them.

Today he had about 5, however i dont know how many to feed him so if anybody has any ideas please let me know?

 

[Bokaru]

Locust are pretty big, aren't they? Might be a little big for your young cham. You could end up choking him, but depending on what species of cham you have I would say 2-4. Just imagine how many crickets you would feed them and about how many equivalent locust that would be.

 

[mjdunkin]

they are no bigger than 10mm so they are fine in size just dont know how many to give him.

 

[Bokaru]

Wow, those are some tiny locust. What species of chameleon do you own?

 

[mjdunkin]

yemen/veiled he just seems to eat a lot and still seems to be hungry

 

[Bokaru]

I would say roughly 10-14. Most breeders recommend about 10 feeder crickets for a 4-5 month old veiled and those locust, I would say, are just a little smaller than a normal cricket.

If you feed him 10 or so and he doesn't seem to want any more then don't try to force the others on him. Some chams can over eat as well, but I would say at least 10 is a good number.

 

[mjdunkin]

ok thanks for your help