When is time to Change Diet and Feeding Amounts

[MetalFox]

Francis He is A Male Veiled Around 6 -7 months old

I currently feed him 8 to 10 medium size crickets daily (just the right size they are alot smaller than the space between his eyes,

I was wonder when is it ok to start feeding him different feeders and what are some good feeders

And How many should he be getting now and last do I start feeding him every other day?

 

[bradley]

yes ou can give a variety of feeders in the first month f a chams life aslong as they are the right size.
Try:
Locusts
cockroaches
silkworms
waxworms
superworms
butterworms
pheoix worms
collard greens
flies

 

[chameleon97]

I was wonder when is it ok to start feeding him different feeders

Always use variety

and what are some good feeders

Silkworms, Hornworms, Crix, Superworms, Roaches, Isopods, Stick Bugs, Grasshoppers, Mantids, Blue Bottle Flies, Phoenix worms, Locusts, Butterworms*, Waxworms*... etc

*These should be used as treats... Butterworms once a week, (or less) waxworms once a month, (or less) because of their high fat content

And How many should he be getting now

By now I would cut down a little... 5-8 Crix a day

last do I start feeding him every other day?

At about 1 year i would do that.

-Steve

 

[bradley]

you can give variety any time in a chams life
try:
locust
roaches
superworms
silk worms
waxworms
pheonix worms
collard greens
flies
if he is 8 months he could probably handle adults of these feeders

 

[sandrachameleon]

Silkworms, Hornworms, Crix, Superworms, Roaches, Isopods, Stick Bugs, Grasshoppers, Mantids, Blue Bottle Flies, Phoenix worms, Locusts, Butterworms*, Waxworms*... etc
*These should be used as treats... Butterworms once a week, (or less) waxworms once a month, (or less) because of their high fat content

Butterworms are less fatty than superworms. Okay to use butterworms a couple times a week, imo.

 

[jheitz]

Those waxworms are like crack to Opti!!! That was all he was fed in the petstore I bought him from, and getting him off of them is pain!

 

[moody232002]

I have tried varieties of all sorts with Mista but he refuses everything apart from locusts and the odd wax worm treat.
He eats between 4-5 adults a day. he will be a year old on the 4th Sept so will be fed every other day