What all can my veiled eat?

[SaraSondermann]

My veiled chameleon, who's a few months old now, just started showing interest in mealworms. She wouldn't eat them before, but now she can't get enough of them! I've seen her eat 5 today!

I was just wondering what else is okay for her to eat other than crickets and mealworms?

 

[Cait0420]

Dubias, silkworms, butter worms, pheonix worms, Isopoda, bluebottle flies, house flies, etc, etc. try to offer a wide variety of insects (just not ones u find outside because they may have pesticide/parasites)

 

[jannb]

Meal worms aren't the very best feeder so I wouldn't give her so many. That's a great list above and I'd add small superworms, small hornworms, stick bugs and small praying mantis to the list. Veileds will also eat fruits and veggies. My veileds eat greens, grated carrot, small slivers of strawberry, banana, apple, blueberry, pear, mango, watermelon, and various other fruits as snacks. You should check out Sandrachameleon's blogs. She feeds the largest variety of feeders of anyone I know.

 

[Psychobunny]

Jann gave you good advise, as usual, like she said, mealies are very convenient, but you dont want to use them daily.

Crickets and dubia are a staple, mostly because they are excelent vehicles for gutloading, and they will eat anything.
So, be sure to feed your cricks fresh fruits, veggies, greens, and provide them with a dry food, like cricket crack.
No need for water, or water gels as they get the water they need from the fruits and veggies.
I would also suppliment the crick diet with Repashy's excelent 'Bug Burger". It has everything your cham needs in it, but does not intierly replace fresh produce.

I recommend gutloading your cricks a few hours before feeding them to your cham, just to make sure they are all loaded with goodies

One other thing, a lot of new veiled owners remark on the fact that they never see their cham drink water.
If this is your case, dont worry much. Veileds get a lot of the water they need from the greens and fruits, and it's a good idea to check
the urate part of him poop to see if he is properly hydrated.
Veiled poop looks different from a panther of jackson, the urates can be part solid, and part gel like, looks like the white part of a raw egg.
But the poop part should be brown.