Feeding My Pet Chameleon

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Feeding my pet chameleon. They need cages with ample foliage for climbing and privacy and the enclosure must be quite large. Feeding and proper food for chameleons to keep your pet chameleon healthy and happy it should be fed an healthy diet of proper chameleon food. Waxworms are used as feeder insects for a wide variety of reptiles fish and birds same goes for mealworms mentioned below. Keep the feeder insects at room temperature or slightly warmer.

Vegetables fruits and vitamin rich food pellets. Housing a pet chameleon the natural habits of chameleons make them tricky to care for. That kind of food might be good for your feeder insects to breed quickly but can be harmful to your chameleon. How to feed a chameleon cup feeding free ranging tong feeding hand feeding duration.

Waxworms you can probably buy waxworms at your local big name pet store. Having a go to staple insect that you feed your chameleon regularly is important. It will also eat fruits and vegetables. This video is unavailable.

Dry food can be placed anywhere but for proper management of the amount of food a shallow feeding dish is best. Healthy feeder insect food for your chameleon are. Aside from feeding the worms to grow them this is another easy food source to provide. It is very bad for your chameleon to feed it insects that have been fed with protein rich food like cat food dog food or fish flakes.

They are a type of moth larvae. Cover the floor of the container with wheat bran or oatmeal to keep it dry. Here are a few types of insects that are fine for occasional feedings but shouldn t be offered every day. Then when they re nice and large you can feed them to your chameleon pet.

Place the wet food on a tray to avoid getting the whole floor of the container wet. You can also let some of them pupate into moths and feed those to your lizard as well. When feeding your chameleons you should always look out for fat content too much is bad. A veiled chameleon mostly eats all kinds of insects.

Insects to feed sparingly.