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i have a 4 month old that eats about 3-5 crickets a day (that i see cause she hunts) so i wonder how many everyone elses young ones eat?

sorry ment HE and he is a veiled

Oh, dear. Now I'm worried. My 10 week old female veiled eats far more than that. At least 12 a day. I feed her morning and evening. She also has the odd wax worm, silkworm and locust. I was worried that I wasn't feeding her enough because she sits above her food dish when it is empty and looks hungry!

Colleen

i wouldnt worry about it , your crickets are probably way smaller thatn mine, mine are close to full grown

Ah, that explains it. I use size 3 if I can get them or brown crickets which are just a bit bigger. I didn't realise I could feed her full grown crickets though.

Colleen

You shouldn't be feeding a 4 month old veiled full grown crickets.... I would use something like a 4 week old cricket for the 4 month old and a 2 or 3 week cricket for the 10 week old. At such a young age, I wouldn't worry about feeding them too much yet, as long as you're supplementing correctly, and begin to cut back their food at 6 months of age (a veiled a 6 months is pretty big). Veileds are the most common chameleon to develop MBD since they grow so fast so make sure they're getting their UVB, calcium and D3 during this rapid growth stage. They grow the fastest between 3-6 months of age. You can almost watch them get bigger LOL. Good luck.
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