veiled chameleon

i also wanted to say... she's 4 months old ;)

i have found this information on what to feed a chameleon... so i thought i'd post it here in case anyone is using the search function in the future ;)

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turnip greens in a baby food jar.

dried leaves to flowers to cut-up greens, spinach, broccoli bits, grated carrots or small pieces of fresh fruit (grapes, berries and similar types of fruit) offered in a small bowl. Another alternative is to provide small flats of romaine lettuce or other greens that are available at any garden supply store. Just make sure that they are pesticide free before you place them in the cage. Other "growing" offerings can be hibiscus, both the plant and the flowers edible as well as decorative, plus have the added bonus of additional vitamin C.

Offering young calyptratus alfalfa sprouts and pureed vegetable baby food is a way to give them a source vegetable matter in their diet. I have placed the baby food directly onto the leaves of the plants in their cage and they just lick it off.

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A couple things to keep in mind, always better to get a male if you are not gonna breed them. a night light for heat is not important, temps can drop to 65* area at night. lots of calcium is important. any problems...PM me, used to do these wonderful creatures by the 100's. ;)

i do have one question... can you overfeed them?

today i added a uvb/uva light and ballast... 10.0% uvb and 33% uva.

so ed... do i turn the red heat lamp off at night?

As long as temps dont fall below 65* your golden. :sunny:

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

i do have one question... can you overfeed them?

today i added a uvb/uva light and ballast... 10.0% uvb and 33% uva.

so ed... do i turn the red heat lamp off at night?

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so i can't overfeed her as long as her temps stay above 65 :giggle:

You should try and restrict there food somewhat, they will eat and eat.


That 65* temp is nite only, they must heat up during the day. :)

thanks ed!

so how much do you feed them? i read daily when they are young... so when are they no longer considered young? it's unclear as to when i need to change to feeding every other day.

Feed every day as babies, at this stage they will eat mostly crickets. as they get bigger they will take more vegetation. at about 4 months of age you can alternate crickets one day and veggies the next. at about 8 months you can start feeding every other day if you want. very important to get lots of calcium into them, they grow sooo fast you can almost watch them grow. :P


This feeding schedule has served me well. Im sure others have different ideas also. :)

she's 4 months old now... i'm giving her superworms (kingworms) one feeding (i feed twice daily), roaches, crickets and silkworms.

i have four live plants... two nastertiums, one romaine lettuce and a pothos... as well as lots of plastic plants.

tonight... she ate right out of my bin as i was attempting to catch the kingworms and feed them to her! her colour is amazzzzzzzzzzzing!

this is, by far, the coolest critter i've ever had!!!

(thanks ed)