Keeping Insects - Chameleon Feeders

Saturday, April 21, 2012
favorite in my house. 
 air holes and hot-glue window screen to the under-
side, so the bugs can breathe but can't get out.






  1. Are there any types of worms that can be the main diet of a chameleon? If so what would I feed those worms.....

    1. Some great worms are silkworms, hornworms, butterworms, and superworms. But no one feeder should be more than 20-30% of the total diet, because they are also high in fat (some more than others), so other other bugs are important.

      Each one will eat something a little different. Horn and silkworms will eat a commercially available mulberry leaf mush that they love, superworms can eat almost anything (like fruits and veggies), and butterworms usually will not eat anything, since they are typically kept in wine fridges to keep them in a state of hibernation.

    2. Okay so there really is not a main feeder for a chameleon... So I would maybe give it roaches and super worms and kinda switch off. Also if i let the chameleon bask outside on my arm for a treat would eat see a bug and eat something indigestible for it?

  2. Sorry if that sentence confused you. I meant if I let it out side to bask in the sun so that the the chameleon would be more comfortable with me, would it not know any better and eat a bug indigestible for it?

    1. It could, but it's probably unlikely. You never know though, he could snatch a wasp out of the air and hurt his mouth, etc., but if you take him outside to bask in a screen cage he should be safe but still get all the benefits of sunshine. Birds (even small birds like sparrows) will try to eat a chameleon, so it's a good idea to never leave them out in the open if you're not standing right by them, so they are usually safer in cages anyway.

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  6. There ar 3 ways to get feeder insects: breeding them yourself, shopping for them or catching them from the wild. after you catch feeder insects within the wild, you'll be able to usually feed them to your chameleon directly as you'll most likely not catch several directly. jasa anti rayap



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