I have three chams and i was wondering if anyone could give me more feeding options for them, i already feed them crickets, wax worms, meal wormss, butter worms, ive heard of feeding flightless fruit flies but dont those stay fairly small?? I have caught my female veil eating house flies before so i think they would like something that could fly. Doese anyone have any suggestions and places i could possibly order from. Thanks a lot Ryan
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more diet options for my chams.
RyanDonnelly
Aug 08, 2005 09:50 PM
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roocat71
Aug 09, 2005 08:14 AM
Silk worms, king worms, horn worms, mantids, stick insects. You can get LARGE house flies from grubco.com. They come in the larva stage but within a few weeks you will have some very large flies which are ideal for chams. Dont bother with fruit flies - they are pretty only good for hatchlings.
Fly gutload: mix up a soft boiled egg, some honey, molasses, baby rice cereal, plain yogurt, and your favorite gutload.
-roo
gomezvi
Aug 09, 2005 10:50 AM
Have you tried www.skipio.com ? They offer house fly pupae by the THOUSANDS!!!
You have to call the guy up and I think he has like a 3000 fly pupae minimum, but I think this is only about $12. Well worth it, if you ask me! BTW, 1000 pupae is a lot smaller than you think! I'm willing to wager that your veiled can EASILY eat 75 house flies in one sitting! You wanna see your cham perk up? Offer flies! Yum!!!
As for other options, have you tried exotic roaches and silkworms? How about lab raised hornworms? These are 3 GREAT options for your chameleons!
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