What About Grasshoppers 4 Food

[A1forall]

Crickets, Supers & used to be Dubia for chow. What about grasshoppers? They are green and have read that most chams like green colored insects. Could be wrong but has anyone else had good luck with grasshoppers?

 

[chameleoman]

they are a good treat but be careful with wild caught's as they can have parasites and make sure they haven't been in any areas that have had pesticides sprayed

 

[Solid Snake]

Yes. Catch a bunch! They will eat oranges and greens. They have extremely powerfull grip due to there back feet though. I cut them off at the knee.

 

[chameleoman]

Yes. Catch a bunch! They will eat oranges and greens. They have extremely powerfull grip due to there back feet though. I cut them off at the knee.

your meen jk i do that to my crix

 

[Solid Snake]

I dont do it to crickets. When I tried to feed the hoppers my jackson couldnt pull them off of sticks, and especially screen! So I grabbed some scissors! Its fairly easy surgery once you get a technique down

 

[chameleoman]

it just POPS right off like nothing but ya they can hurt there tounges trying to pull on something with that much force pulling back.

 

[Solid Snake]

it just POPS right off like nothing but ya they can hurt there tounges trying to pull on something with that much force pulling back.

Yeah, I saw her almost come off her branch the first time! After that, I started the surgeries...

 

[sandrachameleon]

Crickets, Supers & used to be Dubia for chow. What about grasshoppers? They are green and have read that most chams like green colored insects. Could be wrong but has anyone else had good luck with grasshoppers?

I catch grasshoppers every summer (desite the modest parasite risk) - they are a good feeder choice.
you can easily break one of the two hind legs with a squeeze of your fingers/fingernail if you are concerned

 

[VEILED89]

is there a website u can buy them from

 

[JackP308]

just don't feed bright dangerous colored ones, browns and greens are fine stay away from red and orange though. I had bunch of neon green ones this last summer.

 

[sandrachameleon]

just don't feed bright dangerous colored ones, browns and greens are fine stay away from red and orange though. I had bunch of neon green ones this last summer.

GOOD POINT - lubbers are toxic

 

[sandrachameleon]

is there a website u can buy them from

you can in the UK (Locust), but not usually in Canada, Probably not in the USA
they are an agricultural pest

 

[Thezillaman21]

i\ had\ read\ that\ grass\ hopers\ hind\ legg\ barbs\ also\ can\ rip\ the\ lineing\ of\ a\ chams\ throat\ and\ stomic.\ so\ id\ say\ remove\ them.\ in\ august\ my\ cham\ was\ pulled\ off\ a\ flat\ surface\ while\ trying\ to\ get\ a\ grass\ hoper\ off\ the\ screen\ 6mesh\ walls\ of\ his\ enclosure.

 

[Solid Snake]

you can in the UK (Locust), but not usually in Canada, Probably not in the USA
they are an agricultural pest

i\ had\ read\ that\ grass\ hopers\ hind\ legg\ barbs\ also\ can\ rip\ the\ lineing\ of\ a\ chams\ throat\ and\ stomic.\ so\ id\ say\ remove\ them.\ in\ august\ my\ cham\ was\ pulled\ off\ a\ flat\ surface\ while\ trying\ to\ get\ a\ grass\ hoper\ off\ the\ screen\ 6mesh\ walls\ of\ his\ enclosure.

Haha, you need to fix that zillaman and that is a good point, im sure sandrachameleon is correct about the shipping a pest thing, ive never seen them for sell, alive.