Hi. I have 15 other pet reptiles including lizards (Agamids, Iguanids, Geckos, Monitors), snakes and turtles. But I've never had a chameleon. Well, on Thursday, I am going to be getting a baby Veiled Chameleon. I just have a few questions: first about color. I've been looking at pictures of adult Veileds and many are beautiful with a plethora of different colors like green, yellow, orange and blue. I know males get to be like this, but is that true for all males? And what colors are adult females usually?
I also have a question about feeding. Many places I've seen have said to feed juveniles as many as 20 pinhead crickets a day and to feed adults 10 large crickets a day. Is this accurate? There is no worry of obesity doing this? Thanks for any help!
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Soon to be first-time Veiled owner. Questions...
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I have been told to let babies eat as much as they can in 5 minutes. I feed mine twice a day and he gets a dozen or so at each feeding. He is almost six months old now, so we are moving to 1/2 inch crickets. Plus I have a beardie, who I have been waiting to get larger for bigger crickets. Every male I have ever seen has those vivid colorations. Mine gets more beautiful with every shed. Chameleons get stressed a lot easier than other reptiles, so be gentile and give it space. I would recommend a male as females can get egg bound and it is such a hassle. At least thats what my breeder says. Good luck.
Wonderful. Thanks a lot.
You can't really overfeed a baby. Let it eat as much as it wants to. Mineral dust every day for the first 5 months, every other day until its about 9 months old, then once a week after that. Vitamin dust every other day at first, then once a week after 9 months. A good quality gutload is more important than dusts, and you'll be less likely to overdose. Check the recipe for gutload on http://www.adcham.com. There are some good "baby rearing" info articles on
http://www.adcham.com
http://www.chameleonnews.com
http://www.chameleonjournals.com.
Female veileds are basically green without the stripes and dark patches of the males. But, they look similar for some months when young. A male will have little knobs on its hind feet at the "heel" of the toes.
