my cham is a voracious eater

[dodolah]

hey guys,
My cham is about 3 months old.
He is a voracious eater.
Usually i gave about 9 small crickets..
but the past 2 days he's been munching 16 or 18..
I know that this is quite normal as he is growing.. (in a week, he's certainly been growing quite fast.. at least he's wayy bigger now than when he arrive 2 weeks ago -not fat.. just big in size).

But how much is too much?
He seem likely to be one cham who just gobble everything that you gave him.
But, i don't want my cham to b overweight and develop bone disorder later in the future..

Is 16 crickets (about 3/4") too much?

thanks

 

[ChameleonsTree]

No thats fine...just make sure they are dusted with calcium so his bones are good and strong to carry his new weight.

 

[Lenny]

Once when Lenny was growing he ate 50 medium size cricket in 24 hours...I'm not exagerating. But this only happened once...good thing because I was beginning to think that I was gonna go broke!

 

[PardalisGirl]

Growing Cham.........

With a young growing cham eating and eating is not a problem. It's a good sign. It's nice to see a post about a cham that's eating alot. It's usually the other way around!