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Several months ago I required a pair of wild caught Jackson's. After having them for a couple months I noticed the female started to look gravid and sure enough, 4 month after I got her, she dropped 14 babies and 1 slug. Unfortunatley one of the little guys didnt make it, so I know have 13 baby jackson's. They are in a all screen enclosure 2 x 2 x 3.5 feet. They are very active and doing reat. But is there anyway I can make sure they are eating? I have 3 contianers located all around the cage filled with crickets. Is that good enough? They seem to do alot of wondering so I hope they are finding it. Is there a more definate way I can feed them and know they are eating? Thanks in advance

If you see that there is feces everyday in there cage you will know that they are eating to produce that. You should of course see a decline in the food source in the cage as well.

COngrats on your new babies.

One slug? What is that?

How young are your chams? I am still feeding mine hydei flies. They started on the smaller Melanogaster ones and have graduated to Hydeis. I have had to separate them about once a month due to growth. You should keep like sized babies together so they larger ones dont stress out the smaller ones and insure the smaller ones get food. Flies are great because they wander more than crickets do. I found that thepinheads wouldnt really go on the plants and the babies didnt chase them. The flies wander everywhere and they are always readily available to the babies. I have about 50 containers continuously producing flies. I take a container and shake it out on the leaves and then leave the open container on the ground near a slice of banana to keep the flies nearby.
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Raf

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I would suggest fly cultures. My babies are three months old and I still get a lot of requests for flies. Flies are easy food since they are wingless and small. I have also found that the babies have to eat a lot to make a meal. By doing this they devlope better aim and a stronger tounge. I have two cultures in the cage with two different types and sizes of flies. I would suggest a web site called:

www.flyculture.com

They sell a "delli" size cup with about an inch of fly food at the bottom. I just cut a notch in the plasyic top and let the flies dribble out. I have caught the babies hanging by their tail into the cup to get a snack.

Steve A. Rowell

1.1.12 Jackson's Chameleon
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