MissSkittles
Chameleon Enthusiast
For the past few months I’ve been getting concerned about Hammlet getting fat. It seems to have started when I gave him his double sized enclosure…maybe better vantage points for hunting his isopods? He gets fed the same as my other chams and he’s the only one gaining and getting fat. While I haven’t seen him actually eating his isopods, I do often find him on a low branch, looking suspicious. This week I added thicker leaf litter to prevent him sneaking iso snacks and have been giving him the smaller feeders and much less treats for a while now. He’s gained 6 Gms in the last month, so obviously now I need to take more aggressive measures. I want to make sure I do a diet for him correctly though and need some advice on that. He currently gets 3-4 feeders, 3 days a week. I’m thinking cutting him down to 2 feeders would be ok, but want confirmation it isn’t too drastic of a reduction. Also, what is a healthy weight loss rate? I’m guessing losing too much too fast isn’t a healthy thing.
Compimentary pics of my handsome tree pig.
Compimentary pics of my handsome tree pig.