What is a wild veiled chameleon diet in the wild?

[mat1994]

Name says it all! What does a chameleon like the veiled eat mainly in te wild ? I'm sure crikets and superworms arnt his regular diet haha! But correct me if I'm wrong ! Just like to see what you guys think! Any ideas or opinion let me know !

 

[FabrizioHC]

Pretty much any insect they find.

They really don't know when their next meal will come, so they have to eat whatever they find. If it's a snail they'll eat it, if it's a mantis they'll eat it, if it's a cricket they'll go for it as well. They're not really picky. If I'm not mistaken some chameleons have even eaten other vertebrates including other reptiles.

 

[mat1994]

Pretty much any insect they find.

They really don't know when their next meal will come, so they have to eat whatever they find. If it's a snail they'll eat it, if it's a mantis they'll eat it, if it's a cricket they'll go for it as well. They're not really picky. If I'm not mistaken some chameleons have even eaten other vertebrates including other reptiles.

So it's more of eat when I can what ever I can kind of thing because he never knows when his next catch as long as he hungry! Yeah I've heard and seen people feeding them small reptiles but I'm sure it's not there first pick!

 

[SarahcoadunatioZac]

It would depend on your chameleon and where they are native too. They do have shorter life spans in the wild though, can only guess that the diet has something to do with this.