Chameleons rarely drink from a water bowl but they will lap up droplets of water off plants so the misting/drip system also serves as a water source. royden New Member. A well cared for and healthy pet male veiled chameleon can be expected to live six to eight years. Question: What does a pet chameleon eat in captivity? Place the bugs freely about the chameleon's cage, so … Sep 23, 2007 #1 how do i get my cham to eat vegetables and fruit? Veiled Chameleon Life Span. Some of the larger ones also feed on small reptiles and mammals and other species, like the veiled chameleon, will even eat plant matter. Once or twice a day, feed your chameleon live crickets, worms, or other bugs, which you can purchase at most pet stores. The nutrition your bugs get will be directly passed on to the chameleon. Give the bugs a constant supply of fresh vegetables, cat food, fish food and rice cereal. The difference in longevity is because even when they have not bred, female veiled chameleons will still produce infertile clutches of eggs, much like chickens. How much to feed an adult chameleon Once you’ve successfully guided your chameleon to adulthood the feeding becomes easier still. If your chameleon is malnourished or sick and needs to gain some weight quickly, meal worms can help. In this lesson, we will talk about chameleon feeding in particular, because it's a subject that confuses many first-time cham owners. This takes a lot of energy and wears out the females over the … Hand Feeding. Variety is the key to all of this. You should provide your pet with food daily even if … or what?? Invest in a hygrometer to measure the humidity. Thread starter pedro92; Start date Sep 23, 2007; pedro92 New Member. 3 Feed your chameleon 15 to 20 bugs a day, if it is a young chameleon. To tame your Chameleon, try and get him/her to hand feed from about 10 weeks old. Firstly, place a waxworm in the flat palm of your hand about 10 inches from your chameleon so as not to scare him/her. So around five or six insects will do fine. This is where you perform some variation on you holding the feeder and the chameleon shoots it from your hand. Females, on the other hand, usually average four to six years. pics would be great with a couple explanations . Give the chameleons living insects in their cage so that they can hunt them as they would in the wild. Then be patient! Chameleons require a varied diet of crickets and other insects that have been gut loaded and dusted with vitamins. I always wondered this too. Sep 23, 2007 #2 sorry, no pics for you. Chameleons love meal worms and super worms and that´s why most people like to feed them, because their chameleon goes crazy over them. Adults need about half the amount juveniles do and you can feed them full adult size insects. Chameleons are primarily insectivores meaning they eat various insects. Chameleons in the wild eat a varied diet of insects, but in captivity, they often do not get all of the nutrients that they need. Meaning your chameleon will get fat if you feed them too often. Position a drip system so the water droplets cascade over the plants in the enclosure. To give your chameleon water to drink and maintain humidity in the cage, spray the leaves or the side of the tank with water based on … If there is hesitation then try closing the door enough that you can put it between you and your chameleon so there appears to be barrier between the two of you. how do i feed my cham fruit and vegetables. 2 Feed the bugs a range of healthy food daily. Answer: You should feed it as many different kinds of insects as possible, but within a certain "menu." If your chameleon is 8 months or older, feed it 15 to 20 bugs three times a week. Of all the methods of feeding your chameleon this was the one that I used the most. Hand Feeding. You simply open the door, present the food and wait. Letting your Chameleon come out for a wander (supervised) every now and again is a good idea and helps keep them fit. ok, im not understanding exactly how im supposed to feed my veiled chameleon, should i just let the crickets go in his cage??? Hand feeding means exactly that, picking up a feeder insect and offering it by hand or, if you’re squeemish about insects, a tweezer to your chameleon.

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