Eating dirt and branches is pretty normal for young chameleons,

some people think it's a sign of mineral deficiancy, but if you're supplying vitamins and minerals I wouldn't worry about it. Mabee they like the taste? Possibly a natural way for them to pick up soil organisms for digestion, who knows. Just make sure there's no perlite, fertilizer pellets, rocks, or chunks he can accidentaly ingest. It's a good idea to replace with clean organic soil too if you haven't already done so. (I use an organic bat guanoearthworm casting fertilzer on my chameleon plants instead of miracle grow and the like)

You can play it safe by covering up the dirt with some smooth river stones.

I saw one of my chameleons crunching down on a big rock once,

didn't wan't that happening again!

Garrett

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• Eating Dirt?? - waspinator421, Tue Nov 22 15:49:34 2005
• RE: Eating Dirt?? - kurpak, Tue Nov 22 17:39:14 2005
• RE: Eating Dirt?? - WillHayward, Tue Nov 22 20:09:33 2005
• RE: Eating Dirt?? - waspinator421, Tue Nov 22 20:36:11 2005
• RE: Eating Dirt?? - WillHayward, Tue Nov 22 20:40:33 2005
• Hmmm.... - waspinator421, Tue Nov 22 20:43:42 2005
• RE: Hmmm.... - WillHayward, Tue Nov 22 20:51:29 2005
• Not to worry! - waspinator421, Tue Nov 22 22:09:46 2005
• RE: Not to worry! - JimFlaherty, Wed Nov 23 19:07:10 2005
• Thank you!! - waspinator421, Wed Nov 23 20:07:22 2005
• RE: Eating Dirt?? - jburokas, Thu Nov 24 14:36:42 2005