mealworms -beetles

[arnau666]

beetles resulted from mealworms are ok to feed the chams?
are they good quality food? or not ?

 

[graham cracker]

Yeah I used to feed them to my cham. I don't know if they're a good quality food, but I suppose it's a nice treat.

 

[arnau666]

i really want to know if i can feed the beetles periodicaly like daily or so?

 

[graham cracker]

well feed them off as they first emerge and sorta white in colour and soft. I wouldn't give too many "mature" beetles as a regular feeder they are quite hard... But a few here and there won't hurt. hope this helps.

 

[arnau666]

thank you for answering,ill keep that in mind
does anyone else feed mature beetles to their chams?

 

[sandrachameleon]

beetles resulted from mealworms are ok to feed the chams? are they good quality food? or not ?

Yes, you can offer the beetles to your chameleon. IMHO mealworms should form no more than 10% of your chameleons diet, and the same goes for the adult beetles. I would not offer these (or anything else for that matter) daily.

A varied diet is best. Aim to have no one feeder make up more than 20% of your chameleons diet if possible. Certainly any feeder that you provide more often than that ought to be of the best possible types, and well gutloaded.