Starving chameleon?

Progrmor

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So my cham Stella is a veiled female and I was told she was 3 months old when I got her, she should now be 5months old. BUT I doubted that really much at the beginning, but now im starting to questions my own thought when over the past 2 months she has grown incredible little compared to other chameleons. I was at a local petstore today and saw a bunch of "baby" chams that were 5 months old and they were TWICE (not kidding) the size of Stella.. I got soo sad after that.. I want her to be big and growing, but she stays the same.

Im feeding her as much as she eats twice a day. Morning and afternoon. Usually ends up with 4 roaches in the morning and 3 mealworms in the afternoon.
And im trying to feed her mealworms as they are high in fat and she is just thin as a leaf.. Is this a good idea?
Help me out guys.. She is about 2.8 inches body, without tale
Pic:
When I first got her, she was really small and thin:
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Now, she has clearly faten up a bit, but not much:
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Chams are just like kids. They all grow differently and will be different sizes when fully grown. I think she looks great compared to when you first got her and if she was really starved and stunted (which she looks like she was) it may take her a while to catch up. She looks like she has doubled in size and that is tremendous. Think about it in terms of a human baby who weighed 5 pounds at birth, lost a bunch of weight then doubled in size in a couple months. That two month old baby would weigh 10 pounds and that generally doesn't happen. From all your posts, you care a lot for her and are taking really good care of her. I think you just need to keep on doing what you are doing. I know you have limited access to feeders too but I am not sure how many mealworms are too many. Hopefully someone else can help there.:)
 
Chams are just like kids. They all grow differently and will be different sizes when fully grown. I think she looks great compared to when you first got her and if she was really starved and stunted (which she looks like she was) it may take her a while to catch up. She looks like she has doubled in size and that is tremendous. Think about it in terms of a human baby who weighed 5 pounds at birth, lost a bunch of weight then doubled in size in a couple months. That two month old baby would weigh 10 pounds and that generally doesn't happen. From all your posts, you care a lot for her and are taking really good care of her. I think you just need to keep on doing what you are doing. I know you have limited access to feeders too but I am not sure how many mealworms are too many. Hopefully someone else can help there.:)

Wow thanks for that:D! I do love her soo much :eek: And I guess you are right! Hopefully she will catch up sooner or later!
Yeah that mealworm thing is a bit tricky since everyone have different opinions about that!
 
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