I just got my first veiled chameleon this past saturday from a local reptile show. Shes awesome so far. For feeding her instead of putting a few crickets in the cage I have a small 5.5 gallon tank with a coconut hut and a few leaves. I just throw some crickets in there and put her in and let her hunt. That way I know what she eats and how much. Is this alright? I know it may stress her a little bit, but so far it hasn't stopped her from eating. BTW are chameleons like some reptiles and just eat and eat and eat or do they have a stopping point?
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Easy feeding
savana_man
Sep 18, 2007 03:59 PM
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Carlton
Sep 19, 2007 11:58 AM
So, you have another cage that she lives in, and when it's time to feed her you put her in the small tank, correct? If so, it may not be a problem unless she gets territorial about her own space. Right now, she's been unsettled and stressed from the show, moving, etc. Once she settles down (how old is she?) she may resent being moved more and this might cause some problems. Another variation on this idea may work better once she is settled. Get a plastic box or critter keeper and put feeders and a bit of gutload in her regular cage. Place perches so she can climb to the rim to hunt. You can keep the feeders gutloaded, keep track of how much she is eating, and you won't have escapes. As for how much she eats, up until she's 6-8 months old she can eat pretty much all she wants. Then cut her back, as overfed females can start producing large clutches of infertile eggs which can put her at risk for egg binding.Most chams stop eating everything in sight about then anyway as their growth rate slows down. It won't hurt her to eat every other day. Chams in the wild would not get the numbers of relatively large fat feeders every day as they do in captivity. They eat many more small insects instead.
savana_man
Sep 19, 2007 06:52 PM
Yeah I had a feeding cage set-up. It didn't work out as well as it started to. Shes kinda gotten used to her cage and wouldn't come out today. So I started just feeding her by hand. It worked for the first 2 days though.
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0.1 Veiled Chameleon
