still interested in more options for my chameleons diet

[FiffelGoesWest]

i have recently decided to order some food for my veiled chameleon. I want to order something that is high in calcium as wel as just an enjoyable treat. i was looking at the butterworms and the horn worms. I have read what mulberry farms said about the food but i was wondering what others with experience from ordering from here would know. She is currently on a diet of crickets, mealworms and the occasional grasshopper. So what do you think would be a good starter? Is mulberry farms a good place to order from? What is a good high in calcium food? What about the hornworms?

Thanks
Jessica

here is my janis in her new dark colors

well it will be at the bottom

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here are some respones from my old one

pssh
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Location: Northern California
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Mulberryfarms is great. Phoenix worms are really high in calcium, but they are very small. Silk worms are good to feed. Super worms are better to feed than meal worms because they're easier to digest. I believe butterworms, super worms, mealworms, and wax worms are more of a treat. Hornworms are also good, just make sure they aren't wild. Of course, feeders like roaches and crickets are only as good as their gutload, so veggies high in calcium like kale and collard greens are good to feed them. As staple feeders, I suggest roaches and silkworms.

and me and some more questiosn

k well i meant have been wrong on the hookworms, i know it was a catipillar that said was very good for chameleons. but, yes I can get superworms from my local petstore...but they bite. i dont think Janis is big enough yet for the size they carry anyways. Which Im sure ordering them I can get different sizes of them. Now Janis likes her veggies, I didnt even know they ate veggies until the live plants i had put in the cage were found half gone! but all is good and i currently put a root ball in her cage hanging so that her favs can grow down. As far as the kale and collard green go i never tried them but im sure she would love them. I give her the mealworms every once in awhile and i agree about the cricket thing thats why i wanted to find her something different. As far as the roaches go i seen them on webbsite but wasnt sure about them. are they the ones that run around houses or something different? and what would be the best way to house these critters?

and my other response

sandrachameleon
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Silkworms would make a great addition to any chameleons diet.
Butterworms and gutloaded superworms are a better option than mealworms.
The tropical roaches one gets as feeders (dubia, for example) are not the same as those typically infesting houses.

THis blog entry has links to lots of info on various feeder options, including how to breed and raise and keep roaches
https://www.chameleonforums.com/blogs...4-feeders.html
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[FiffelGoesWest]

see this is janis above my veiled cameleon

 

[pssh]

Try to use the same thread so we dont have a huge amount of random threads floating around.

So far I've only bought dubia roaches from www.theroachranch.com online and they were perfect. I keep mine in a 20 gallon tub with a red heat lamp over it. Others recomend a heat pad, but I figured I'd just use the red light until it dies since I have no other use for it. I stack some egg crate on the side with the heat, and some veggies and some form of water on the other end. Multiply like crazy, but then you dont ever have to buy crickets again except when you wanna mix up the diet.

 

[Olimpia]

Mulberry farms is great, we order nearly all our insects from them.

Hornworms are great feeders, except they can get HUGE really quickly, so try not to order more than you know what to do with if your cham is small. You can keep them in the fridge a couple days to slow them down though. Phoenix worms are tiny, which is annoying because most chams won't notice them. So unless your girl cup feeds or hand feeds, she might not see them at all.

Dubia roaches, as one of the roach options out there, are nothing like the wild ones you find running around your basement. I just got a couple adults to start a colony and they don't make any noise, they move slowly, they don't climb plastic or glass, and they don't fly. Sounds to me like as soon as I have enough baby roaches I am giving up on crickets forever! They are a little gross, so I use tweezers or gloves to touch them, but they make much better feeders.

And butterworms are also really good as far as calcium goes, plus they're actually kinda pretty as far as worms (they come in a bright orangy red that I find nice lol). My geckos go absolutely crazy for them, and my Jackson's loves having them every once in a while. So give those a try.

Hope that helps!