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misspardalis
at Mon Oct 30 21:01:09 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by misspardalis ]
Chameleons are carnivores. They get intake of plants/vegtables when they eat insects who are primary consumers and have bellies full of plant. Just makesure your feeder insects are well fed (gutload) so that your chameleon is getting that plant energy passed to him after eating the insect. It is true that chameleons ocasionally eat plant in the wild, I believe most cases are from a leaf sticking to its tongue after catching an insect, but there are situations where a chameleon may eat a plant or vegtable if he feels deficient in nutrients. If your insects feed on plant gutload or equivelent, and you provide suppliments I don't believe he would ever need a vegtable to eat. If you are still concerned just put a live plant in there for him to climb on, and if he may feel the need he can take a bite of green.
-ashley
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